: 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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Hormuz Island off Iran in the Persian Gulf turned a deep crimson, dramatic footage shows, after a downpour which had washed over the Middle Eastern island’s aptly named Red Beach.
—Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
It’s aptly named due to the twisted clasp that secures a closure—a Toteme signature.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
The series also stars Ulrich Thomsen as the sinister, aptly named Sinestro, Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry, Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, and Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Both characters become haunting part-marionette, part-human hybrids in the process (described aptly as the Lisaonette and the Abbionette by Adams), their limbs lengthening and eyes glowing.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
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Emma Bussey, FOXNews.com, 18 Dec. 2025
It’s aptly named due to the twisted clasp that secures a closure—a Toteme signature.
—Cortne Bonilla, Vogue, 15 Dec. 2025
The series also stars Ulrich Thomsen as the sinister, aptly named Sinestro, Kelly Macdonald as Sheriff Kerry, Garret Dillahunt as William Macon, and Poorna Jagannathan as Zoe.
—Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 12 Dec. 2025
Both characters become haunting part-marionette, part-human hybrids in the process (described aptly as the Lisaonette and the Abbionette by Adams), their limbs lengthening and eyes glowing.
—Payton Turkeltaub, Variety, 11 Dec. 2025
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“Aptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aptly. Accessed 23 Dec. 2025.
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