Adverb
(comparative more aptly, superlative most aptly)
- In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly; pertinently; appropriately; readily.
Origin
apt + -ly
aptly
adverb
Aptly is defined as something done in a competent, appropriate or suitable way.
An example of an aptly named landform is the Grand Canyon.
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Sentence Examples
- But it may be doubted whether De Morgan's own system, "horrent with mysterious spiculae," as Hamilton aptly described it, is fitted to exhibit the real analogy between quantitative and qualitative reasoning, which is rather to be sought in the logical works of Boole.
- Bale is also the authority for another assertion that figures in what has been aptly termed the poet's "traditional biography," viz.
- From Azerbaijan in the north-west to Baluchistan in the south-east, may aptly be called the Central Range.
- The Berliner Neueste Nachrichten, commenting on this appointment, very aptly characterized the relations of the new chancellor to the emperor, in contrast to the position occupied by Bismarck.
- Gentz has been very aptly described as a mercenary of the pen, and assuredly no other such mercenary has ever carved out for himself a more remarkable career.
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