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

The pho at PHOnomenal is aptly named and worth the wait in line. —Pam Kragen, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 Dec. 2025

The first exhibit on the calendar is subtitled, aptly, Memories of the Future. —Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025

Warm up with ramen or curry at Nawa; or try the pho or banh mi at the aptly named Banh Mi Pho Shop. —Lauren Dana Ellman, Midwest Living, 29 Dec. 2025

This time, though, the parents are beloved figures who have recently died, in a plane crash, and Jarmusch develops the episode with substance and style that aptly reflect those differences. —Richard Brody, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025

Word History

First Known Use

1523, in the meaning defined above