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aptly

/ˈæp(t).li/

aptly adverb: in an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably.

Adverb

aptly (comparative more aptly, superlative most aptly)

  1. In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably
    • an aptly named hotel
    • My friend, aptly nicknamed “Shorty”, was small but strong.

aptly meaning in Tamil and Urdu

aptly in Tamil

பொருத்தமாக, தக்க விதமாக

aptly in Urdu

مُناسِب انداز سے, مُنصِفانَہ طَور پَر

Examples of aptly in a sentence

  • The border-land where the white and black races meet in common debauch, the aptly-named black-and-tan saloon, has never been debatable ground from a moral stand-point.1890, Jacob A[ugust] Riis, “The Color Line in New York”, in How the Other Half Lives: Studies among the Tenements of New York, New York...
  • The Noisy Scrub-bird is aptly named because its main call of several sweet notes is ear-piercingly loud.2005, Sean Dooley, The Big Twitch, Sydney: Allen and Unwin, page 247:
  • Even without the “Epstein Coalition” — as the Iranian media so aptly dubs their invaders — murdering 165 Iranian school girls on day one, “peace through strength” was never going to happen.2026 March 5, Michael West, “Australia and the ‘Epstein Coalition’ – invasion of Iran a disaster”, in Asia Pacific Report, archived from...

All 35 example sentences with aptly

Forms of aptly

comparativemore aptly
superlativemost aptly

Origin of aptly

From apt + -ly.

Words formed from aptly

Questions about aptly

What does aptly mean?
Aptly means in an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably.
What is aptly in Tamil?
Aptly in Tamil is பொருத்தமாக, தக்க விதமாக. See Aptly meaning in Tamil.
How do you use aptly in a sentence?
The border-land where the white and black races meet in common debauch, the aptly-named black-and-tan saloon, has never been debatable ground from a moral stand-point.
What part of speech is aptly?
Aptly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce aptly?
Aptly is pronounced /ˈæp(t).li/.

Words near aptly in the dictionary

  1. APTIME
  2. aptitude
  3. aptitudes
  4. aptitudinal
  5. aptitudinally
  6. aptly
  7. APTN
  8. aptness
  9. aptnesses
  10. apto
  11. aptocaine

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Adapted from Wiktionary: aptly (page history and authors); aptly (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); aptly (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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