: 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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The not-so-secret bar, located in an alley behind the restaurant, is aptly named 1912 and features a cocktail menu almost as exciting as what's coming out of the kitchen up front.
—Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
The Dalan vaccine defends against a devastating bacterial disease aptly named American Foulbrood, and Kleiser sees it as a first step toward keeping the roughly 3 million honeybee colonies in the U.S. healthy.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The most iconic feature of the lake is located at its western edge: a little cinder cone island — aptly named Wizard Island.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
The project is aptly named Turf Wars and is an inside look at Tennessee high school football’s facilities arms race.
—Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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Felicia Campbell, The Arizona Republic, 24 Dec. 2024
The Dalan vaccine defends against a devastating bacterial disease aptly named American Foulbrood, and Kleiser sees it as a first step toward keeping the roughly 3 million honeybee colonies in the U.S. healthy.
—Amy Feldman, Forbes, 23 Dec. 2024
The most iconic feature of the lake is located at its western edge: a little cinder cone island — aptly named Wizard Island.
—Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 20 Dec. 2024
The project is aptly named Turf Wars and is an inside look at Tennessee high school football’s facilities arms race.
—Tyler Palmateer, The Tennessean, 20 Dec. 2024
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“Aptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aptly. Accessed 5 Jan. 2025.
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