aptly

English

Etymology

apt +‎ -ly

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈæp(t).li/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Homophone: happily (in some h-dropping accents)

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"
    • 1890, Jacob Riis, chapter XIII, in How the Other Half Lives‎:
      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 standpoint.

Translations

References
  • aptly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

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