: in an apt manner : in a way that is fitting or appropriate
… at the edge of the vast desert aptly named the Empty Quarter …—
Geraldine Brooks
Geraldine BrooksAll her albums have famously been autobiographical, and her latest, the aptly titled Speak Now, is filled with emotionally charged songs she wrote about the past two years of her life …—Joey Bartolomeo
Joey BartolomeoPaganism in Rome fell victim not to intolerance but to the "institutionalized egotism" (to use a phrase aptly applied to the absolutist monarchy of Louis XIV) that was a central feature of the late Roman imperial system.—Peter Brown
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What quaintly once was considered Super Bowl Media Day now is more aptly known as Super Bowl Opening Night.
—Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
The aptly named Applovin (APP) is like an online dating site, but instead of matching individuals seeking love, the company matches mobile app developers with over 1.4 billion daily active users to market, monetize, and analyze their applications.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Carrey nailed the role of Bruce Nolan, a television reporter at his lowest who complains that God (aptly played by Morgan Freeman) isn't doing his job correctly.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Stone sails through all this, seeing off the sneering disapproval of white America and the presumptuous demands of the Black Panthers with equal disdain, and for a time his band, the aptly named Sly and the Family Stone, become a republic within the republic.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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Kansas City Star, 4 Feb. 2025
The aptly named Applovin (APP) is like an online dating site, but instead of matching individuals seeking love, the company matches mobile app developers with over 1.4 billion daily active users to market, monetize, and analyze their applications.
—Todd Gordon, CNBC, 28 Jan. 2025
Carrey nailed the role of Bruce Nolan, a television reporter at his lowest who complains that God (aptly played by Morgan Freeman) isn't doing his job correctly.
—Brendan Le, People.com, 17 Jan. 2025
Stone sails through all this, seeing off the sneering disapproval of white America and the presumptuous demands of the Black Panthers with equal disdain, and for a time his band, the aptly named Sly and the Family Stone, become a republic within the republic.
—Damon Wise, Deadline, 24 Jan. 2025
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“Aptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aptly. Accessed 19 Feb. 2025.
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