aptly

[apt-lee]

adverb

1. in a manner that is suited to the purpose or occasion; appropriately.

   Known for its distinctive fanned tail and energetic flying antics, the aptly named fantail is one of the most common native birds of New Zealand.

Other Word Forms

• overaptly adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of aptly¹

apt ( def. ) + -ly

Example Sentences

Then, of course, there’s a crowded calendar of holiday parties to attend—and the attendant social pressure to bring bottles that aptly acknowledge the hosts’ generosity and also accord with their individual tastes.

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Because you work so hard to be on that stage and then, as Roger Waters so aptly describes in “The Wall,” you find yourself having a surrealist experience on that same stage.

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That poem, aptly titled “The Bells,” uses so many different words to describe the sounds made by bells that Mr. Poe evidently ran out and had to invent a new one: “tintinnabulation.”

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And the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra set an aptly upbeat tone for the festival’s final screening.

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"I think it's a very aptly named album given the way he is," Wheatley says.

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