unaptly
- a word derived from unapt.
Example Sentences
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One sets off a severe sore throat unaptly named herpangina.
From Time Magazine Archive
Under Henry the 351 Eighth, we have the sacred drama of Every-man, a single personage, by whom the writer not unaptly personifies human nature.
From Amenities of Literature Consisting of Sketches and Characters of English Literature by Disraeli, Isaac
In a Dictionnaire des Gens du Monde, insolvency has been, not unaptly, defined, a mode of getting rich by infallible rules!
From The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 04 The Adventurer; The Idler by Johnson, Samuel
Sir David Lindsay may not be unaptly quoted in illustration of this subject.
From Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 by Roby, John
It has "thimble-rigged" in its legislation, as Mr. Hugh Littlepage not unaptly terms it; endeavoring to do that indirectly, which the Constitution will not permit it to do directly.
From The Chainbearer Or, The Littlepage Manuscripts by Cooper, James Fenimore
