aptly
/ˈæp(t).li/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.12 in modern English
10
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "an aptly named hotel"
- "My friend, aptly nicknamed “Shorty”, was small but strong."
- "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."
- "The Noisy Scrub-bird is aptly named because its main call of several sweet notes is ear-piercingly loud."
- "This was a war of choice. 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."
Etymology
Etymology tree English apt Proto-Indo-European *leyg-der. Proto-Germanic *līkąder. Proto-Germanic *-līkaz Proto-Germanic *-ê Proto-Germanic *-līkê Proto-West Germanic *-līkē Old English -līċe Middle English -ly English -ly English aptly From apt + -ly.
Inflected Forms
more aptly (comparative)
most aptly (superlative)