apt
apt /'æpt/
1 [ADJ]
An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
...an apt description of the situation.
● aptly [ADV]
...the beach in the aptly named town of Oceanside.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ to-inf
If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about...
= liable
1 [ADJ]
An apt remark, description, or choice is especially suitable.
The words of this report are as apt today as in 1929.
...an apt description of the situation.
● aptly [ADV]
...the beach in the aptly named town of Oceanside.
2 [ADJ] v-link ADJ to-inf
If someone is apt to do something, they often do it and so it is likely that they will do it again.
She was apt to raise her voice and wave her hands about...
= liable