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Recent Examples of aptly
As music memoirs go, Yusuf/Cat Stevens’ Cat on the Road to Findout couldn’t have been more aptly titled.
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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
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
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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
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
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for aptly
Adverb
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That usage scenario would have guaranteed a sync conflict a few years ago, but the service’s cloud synchronization ably fielded it this time.—
Rob Pegoraro,
PC Magazine,
6 Oct. 2025
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As for the sport itself, Safdie illustrates it ably but impersonally.—
Richard Brody,
New Yorker,
30 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Snell deftly avoided the middle of the strike zone and had the Phillies off balance all night.—
Fabian Ardaya,
New York Times,
7 Oct. 2025
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Period ambiance is kept low-key, mostly relegated to deftly chosen golden oldies (including a closing Sinatra track) that abet Kim Hong-jip and Lee Jin-hee’s original score.—
Dennis Harvey,
Variety,
20 Sep. 2025
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Satu Aaltonen, a Lego enthusiast from Finland, used the plastic toy bricks to artfully fashion a wearable dress featuring a blue and white color palette, sleeves and a small train, along with an ornate headpiece and veil to match.—
Erin Clack,
PEOPLE,
30 Sep. 2025
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But they are not often confronted so artfully.—
Harpers Magazine,
Harpers Magazine,
19 Sep. 2025
Adverb
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Those rosters from the past were mostly homegrown, with a few veterans expertly folded in.—
Grant Brisbee,
New York Times,
2 Oct. 2025
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My Wild Wine Women’s group visited the nicely situated tasting barn recently for wine and food pairings; the latter is all prepared by the family and expertly matched to the wines.—
Laura Ness,
Mercury News,
28 Sep. 2025
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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
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The charcoal drawing Anoma Kole Kole, 2023–24, for instance, skillfully weaves a blueprint of colonial infrastructure with images of the Africans who built transit systems.—
Edna Bonhomme,
Artforum,
1 Oct. 2025
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Hauge skillfully evaded Porro for both of his goals.—
Jay Harris,
New York Times,
1 Oct. 2025
Adverb
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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
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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
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There are multiple styles too, like those in which the handles swapped leather for shiny metals, adding a contemporary twist and masterfully pairing with the models’ midi skirts, playful outerwear clad in primary colors, and preppy tailoring.—
Stacia Datskovska,
Footwear News,
30 Sep. 2025
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The collector sought letters, manuscripts and research by Turner's predecessors, contemporaries, champions and even an art student who could masterfully copy his pieces.—
Domenica Bongiovanni,
IndyStar,
26 Sep. 2025
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“Aptly.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/aptly. Accessed 8 Oct. 2025.
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