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aptly

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apt  (pt)
adj.
1. Exactly suitable; appropriate: an apt reply.
2. Having a natural tendency; inclined: She is apt to take offense easily. See Usage Notes at liable, likely.
3. Quick to learn or understand: an apt student.
[Middle English, from Old French apte, from Latin aptus, past participle of apere, to fasten.]
aptly adv.
aptness n.
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Adv.1.aptlyaptly - with competence; in a competent capable manner; "they worked competently"
ably, capably, competently
Translations
Spanish aptly [ˈæptlɪ] adj → acertadamente
French aptly [ˈæptlɪ] adv → (fort) à propos
German aptly [ˈæptlɪ] adv → passend, treffend
Italian aptly [ˈæptlɪ] adv → appropriatamente, in modo adatto
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The little ones all love Dorothy, and as one of my small friends aptly states: "It isn't a real Oz story without her.
Dorothy and the Wizard in Oz by Baum, L. Frank View in context
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore -- Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of "Never -- nevermore.
Poems by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
Startled at the stillness broken by reply so aptly spoken, "Doubtless," said I, "what it utters is its only stock and store, Caught from some unhappy master whom unmerciful Disaster Followed fast and followed faster till his songs one burden bore-- Till the dirges of his Hope that melancholy burden bore Of 'Never--nevermore.
The Raven by Poe, Edgar Allan View in context
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