aptly

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Recent Examples of aptly Gianvito Rossi teamed up with his daughter, Sofia, on an elegant new stiletto heel this season, aptly named after her. Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2025 The uptown location has a drive thru and indoor dining area, while the Melrose location aptly features a walk-up window. Endia Fontanez, AZCentral.com, 24 Sep. 2025 As music memoirs go, Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ Cat on the Road to Findout couldn’t have been more aptly titled. David Browne, Rolling Stone, 18 Sep. 2025 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 See All Example Sentences for aptly
Recent Examples of Synonyms for aptly
Adverb
  • Veteran offseason free-agent addition Jaylon Moore took his place, starting ably for the Chiefs in victories over the Lions and, in last Sunday’s Week 7 matchup, the Las Vegas Raiders.
    Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 23 Oct. 2025
  • In Purdy's absence, Mac Jones, who had been branded as a bust over the previous couple of seasons, has filled in ably.
    Robert Marvi, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Viewers are dropped into the aftermath of an unnamed personal conflict and must work out over the course of the runtime the stakes of the situation, a highwire act handled deftly by the actors whose tender performances provide the emotional impact of the film’s shattering final sequence.
    Christian Blauvelt, IndieWire, 24 Oct. 2025
  • But as Plemons so deftly plays him, Teddy doesn’t seem like a lunatic.
    Jake Coyle, Boston Herald, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • But this workaday agenda has been artfully wrapped in therapy-speak.
    Katy Waldman, New Yorker, 20 Oct. 2025
  • Chef and co-owner Gina Genshlea works with winemakers Colleen Clothier and Sam Wharton to artfully blend seasonal meals with a snapshot of the Sacramento Valley’s wine scene.
    Camila Pedrosa, Sacbee.com, 18 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In another Oscar-winning performance, Jamie Foxx expertly embodied legendary singer, songwriter and pianist Ray Charles in 2004's Ray.
    Stephanie Sengwe, PEOPLE, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Having started his career as a film critic and essayist on YouTube, Stuckmann makes the transition to director with a horror movie that expertly blends media and feels at times like a mockumentary ripped right from the video platform.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 24 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • In this case, the characters’ back stories are knitted together with an impactful range of lyrics that Swindley has mined from the country music canon, repeatedly adroitly interweaving song lyrics and dialogue.
    Christopher Smith, Oc Register, 4 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • The six-episode limited series skillfully blends the past and the present.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Burns, who is the White House bureau chief for Politico, skillfully kept the conversation moving, but also interspersed occasional scoop-seeking questions, like whether Emanuel will run for president in 2028.
    Ted Johnson, Deadline, 10 Oct. 2025
Adverb
  • Manheim speaks music fluently, having grown up in New York immersed in the ska scene of the 1990s.
    Shirley Halperin, Rolling Stone, 1 Oct. 2025
  • In his essay, Suleyman argued that the coming wave of AI will not just speak fluently or generate images on command.
    Ron Schmelzer, Forbes.com, 21 Aug. 2025
Adverb
  • Milei caters masterfully to Trump’s ego and will be president even if his party loses seats in Argentina’s legislature.
    Edward Lotterman, Twin Cities, 26 Oct. 2025
  • This particular aspect of the show frays the gripping tone that had been so masterfully crafted from its opening scene.
    Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 22 Oct. 2025

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