"Aptly" is a word in ENGLISH
In an apt or suitable manner; fitly; properly;
pertinently; appropriately; readily.
The rain spun in the yellow arc lights over the café parking lot. It was empty inside, except for a fat Negro woman whom I could see through the service window in the kitchen, and a pretty, redheaded waitress in her early twenties, dressed in a pink uniform with her hair tied up on her freckled neck. She was obviously tired, but she was polite and smiled at me when she took my order, and I felt a sense of guilt, almost shame, at my susceptibility and easy fondness for a young woman's smile. Because if you're forty-nine and unmarried or a widower or if you've simply chosen to live alone, you're easily flattered by a young woman's seeming attention to you, and you forget that it is often simply a deference to your age.
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Following some duty overseas, the officers at the Fort were planning a welcome home party and dance for the unit. Being an all male combat force, they decided to request coeds from some of the surrounding colleges to attend. The Captain called Vassar and was assured by the Dean that arrangements could be made to send over a dozen of their most trustworthy students. The Captain hesitated, then said, "Would it also be possible to send a dozen or so of the other kind?"
Apt or tending to adhere; clinging.
Read the complete definitionHaving the faculty of quick motion in the limbs; apt or ready to move; nimble; active; as, an agile boy; …
Read the complete definitionCapable of apprehending, or quick to do so; apt; discerning.
Read the complete definitionHaving an habitual tendency; habitually liable or likely; -- used of things.
Read the complete definitionInclined; disposed customarily; given; ready; -- used of persons.
Read the complete definitionReady; especially fitted or qualified (to do something); quick to learn; prompt; expert; as, a pupil apt to learn; an …
Read the complete definitionTo fit; to suit; to adapt.
Read the complete definitionFit or fitted; suited; suitable; appropriate.
Read the complete definitionReadiness in learning; docility; aptness.
Read the complete definitionQuickness of apprehension; readiness in learning; docility; as, an aptness to learn is more observable in some children than in …
Read the complete definitionProneness; tendency; as, the aptness of iron to rust.
Read the complete definitionDisposition of the mind; propensity; as, the aptness of men to follow example.
Read the complete definitionFitness; suitableness; appropriateness; as, the aptness of things to their end.
Read the complete definitionTechnically; scien-tiflcally; using terms of art. A will or con-tract is described as “artificially” drawn if , it is couched …
Read the complete definitionApt to balk; as, a balky horse.
Read the complete definitionOne who is apt to blunder.
Read the complete definitionA quagmire filled with decayed moss and other vegetable matter; wet spongy ground where a heavy body is apt to …
Read the complete definitionApt to break fences or to break out of pasture; unruly; as, breachy cattle.
Read the complete definitionEasily broken; apt to break; fragile; not tough or tenacious.
Read the complete definitionAptness to break; fragility.
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