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adverb 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 WORDS FROM aptly o·ver·apt·ly, adverb Words nearby aptly apterygial, apterygote, apteryx, aptitude, aptitude test, aptly , aptyalia, APUD cell, Apuleius, Apulia, a punta d'arco
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Example sentences from the Web for aptly History itself has been aptly described as an argument un-ended.
The Facts About Ferguson Matter, Dammit | Doug McIntyre| December 3, 2014| DAILY BEAST
At the same time, she supports her daughter, aptly named Grace, who becomes a Christian in the second season.
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That goes without saying, as no one woman could aptly represent everyone who identifies within that category.
Lena Vs. The Feminist Police | Amy Zimmerman| November 9, 2014| DAILY BEAST
One was about Girl Scout cookies and the other was aptly titled, “I Love It.”
Is John Mulaney the Next Seinfeld? | Kevin Fallon| October 5, 2014| DAILY BEAST
“Sugababe,” as it has been aptly titled, garners its name from three parts of the building process.
This Artist Reproduced van Gogh’s Ear…and It’s Alive! | Justin Jones| June 4, 2014| DAILY BEAST
It has been aptly termed the "princess of the vegetable world."
Equatorial America | Maturin M. Ballou
How aptly has Matthew Arnold said, “O man, how true are thine instincts, how overhasty thine interpretation of them!”
The Brothers' War | John Calvin Reed
It has been aptly remarked that the public is ever more ready to believe pleasing fictions, than disagreeable verities.
Primitive Psycho-Therapy and Quackery | Robert Means Lawrence
Blackstone aptly expresses it, when he says that "the law is always ready to catch at anything in favor of Liberty."
Charles Sumner; His Complete Works, Volume III (of 20) | Charles Sumner
Languedoc is the country of the latter luxury; and Languedoc is in the south of France—aptly termed 'the austere south.'
Chambers's Edinburgh Journal, No. 434 | Various
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