It is aptly said that necessity is the mother of invention.
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Aptly
//ˈæp(t).li//
Synonyms for "aptly" (17 found)
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Adverb(3 words)
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Related words (8)
Adverb(1 words)
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4 entriesTranslations
27 translations across 15 languages.
Catalan
2 entries- aptament adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- encertadament adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 适当地 adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Finnish
1 entries- osuvasti adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Hungarian
1 entries- találóan adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Italian
3 entries- adeguatamente adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- appropriatamente adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- giustamente adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Latin
1 entries- aptē adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Occitan
1 entries- aptament adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Polish
2 entries- odpowiednio adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- trafnie adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Portuguese
1 entries- aptamente adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Romanian
2 entries- pe drept adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- în mod just adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Russian
1 entries- удачно adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Serbo-Croatian
3 entries- prikladno adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- shodno adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- zgodno adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Slovak
4 entries- pohotovo adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- príhodne adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- trefne adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- vhodne adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Spanish
2 entries- acertadamente adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- aptamente adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Ukrainian
2 entries- влучно adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
- удачно adv (in an apt or suitable manner)
Sample sentences
8 total sentences available.
It is aptly said that illness starts from the mind.
Source: tatoeba (328860)
Emergency officials dealing with the eruption are turning their focus to the aptly named village of Volcano, where dozens of small earthquakes shake the ground every hour as Kilauea undergoes dramatic changes.
Source: tatoeba (7042925)
Junk food, like twinkies are aptly named junk food, but still delicious.
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