aptly

adverb

apt·​ly ˈap(t)-lē How to pronounce aptly (audio)
: in an apt manner : in a way that is fitting or appropriate
… at the edge of the vast desert aptly named the Empty Quarter …Geraldine Brooks
All her albums have famously been autobiographical, and her latest, the aptly titled Speak Now, is filled with emotionally charged songs she wrote about the past two years of her life …Joey Bartolomeo
Paganism in Rome fell victim not to intolerance but to the "institutionalized egotism" (to use a phrase aptly applied to the absolutist monarchy of Louis XIV) that was a central feature of the late Roman imperial system.Peter Brown

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The Dalan vaccine defends against a devastating bacterial disease aptly named American Foulbrood, and Kleiser sees it as a first step toward keeping the roughly 3 million honeybee colonies in the U.S. healthy. Amy Feldman, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024 Her latest album released in August, Whirlwind, is aptly named. Colson Thayer, People.com, 15 Dec. 2024 As the Financial Times aptly points out, unless consumption rises and investment patterns shift, China risks deeper deflation. Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 29 Nov. 2024 The carousel of images was recently shared on the official Instagram account of Disneyland Paris as the season's wintry weather aptly enveloped the region. Dan Perry, Newsweek, 26 Nov. 2024 See all Example Sentences for aptly 

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of aptly was in 1523

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“Aptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aptly. Accessed 22 Dec. 2024.

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