aptly
Example Sentences
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His book’s first chapter is aptly called “Advantages,” since coming from nothing gave him an outsider’s perspective—and fierce ambition.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026
It is a weird fight, "a carnival" as Steve Bunce aptly puts it.
From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026
He aptly describes the projectors’ beams of luminosity as “light sculptures.”
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026
Twenty-five years ago this month, VH1 released an extremely loose TV movie adaptation of Charles Dickens’ 1843 novella, “A Christmas Carol,” aptly titled, “A Diva’s Christmas Carol.”
From Salon • Dec. 24, 2025
The boy was describing me as aptly as you had when you compared me to Petronius.
From "Not Nothing" by Gayle Forman
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.