aptly

adverb

apt·​ly ˈap(t)-lē 

: 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

All 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

Paganism 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

Examples of aptly in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Polarity numbs himself with alcohol and can’t be bothered with God U’s suspicious new Dean, aptly named Cipher (Hamish Linklater). —Olivia Singh, Forbes.com, 17 Sep. 2025

Growing up in southwest Nebraska, Villareal owned a horse aptly named Bronco. —Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 12 Sep. 2025

As someone on social media so aptly put it, Alt pitched a no-hitter. —Elliott Teaford, Oc Register, 11 Sep. 2025

Tyla had aptly worn stacks of the jewelry on the VMAs carpet the night before, along with a Chanel minidress. —Kristen Tauer, Footwear News, 9 Sep. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above