aptly
/ˈæptli/APT-lee
/ˈæptli/APT-lee
Meaningin a fitting way
Common meaning: in a fitting way
- aptfitted, fastened; suitedLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 137 · scan
- lyadverb ending: in a way
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
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Origin: Built on Latin aptus ‘fitted, fastened; suited’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry aptus, p. 137 · dictionary scan
Roots
- aptus, -a, -um Latin “fitted, fastened; suited”
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