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aptly

[apt-lee] / ˈæpt li /
ADVERB
appropriately
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accordingly duly judiciously justly properly
STRONG
fitly fittingly
WEAK
relevantly
Antonyms
STRONGEST
unsuitably
WEAK
badly improperly inappropriately
ADVERB
apropos
Synonyms
STRONG
timely
WEAK
appropriately opportunely pertinently suitably
Antonyms
WEAK
inappropriately irrelevantly unsuitably
ADVERB
cleverly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
ably adroitly deftly expertly handily ingeniously neatly nimbly skillfully smoothly
WEAK
agilely cunningly dexterously facilely glibly proficiently quickly readily resourcefully
Antonyms
WEAK
awkwardly clumsily unskillfully
ADVERB
happily
Synonyms
STRONGEST
gracefully
WEAK
appropriately auspiciously favorably felicitously fortunately propitiously prosperously providentially satisfyingly seasonably swimmingly well
Antonyms
WEAK
unhappily unluckily unsuccessfully
ADVERB
intelligently
Synonyms
STRONGEST
brilliantly judiciously logically prudently rationally reasonably sensibly shrewdly skillfully wisely
WEAK
alertly astutely capably comprehendingly discerningly intellectually keenly knowingly knowledgeably perspicaciously resourcefully sagaciously sharply
Antonyms
WEAK
badly foolishly stupidly unintelligently
ADVERB
neatly
Synonyms
STRONGEST
accurately adroitly cleanly efficiently expertly methodically nicely precisely skillfully
WEAK
adeptly fastidiously handily orderly sprucely
ADVERB
pat
Synonyms
STRONG
plumb
WEAK
faultlessly flawlessly just right opportunely perfectly precisely relevantly seasonably
Antonyms
WEAK
wrongly
ADVERB
right
Synonyms
STRONG
properly well
WEAK
acceptably adequately amply becomingly befittingly fittingly satisfactorily
Antonyms
WEAK
inaccurately inappropriately incorrectly indirectly unfairly unjustly unsuitably wrongly

Example Sentences

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When it came time to pick the bowling-alley surface for their new home, Ryane said, they both gravitated toward the aptly named hue America’s Pastime.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

It is a weird fight, "a carnival" as Steve Bunce aptly puts it.

From BBC • Feb. 24, 2026

He aptly describes the projectors’ beams of luminosity as “light sculptures.”

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 23, 2026

Your chaser is Alison McAlpine’s appealing, aptly titled “Perfectly a Strangeness,” sans humans, but starring three donkeys in an unnamed desert happening upon a cluster of hilltop observatories.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 20, 2026

The aptly named Savage proceeded single-handedly to upset Fiji’s balance of power.

From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond

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