different between aptly vs mackly

English

Etymology

apt +? -ly

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?æp(t).li/

Adverb

aptly (comparative more aptly, superlative most aptly)

1. In an apt or suitable manner; fittingly; appropriately; suitably
   • 1890, Jacob Riis, How the Other Half Lives Chapter XIII

     The border-land where the white and black races meet in common debauch, the aptly-named black-and-tan saloon, has never been debatable ground from a moral standpoint.

Translations

References

• aptly in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• patly, platy, platy-, typal

English

Etymology

From Middle English makli, from make (“easy”, adj), from Old Norse makr (“easy”), from Proto-Germanic *makaz (“comfortable, suitable”), from Proto-Indo-European *mag- (“to knead, press”), equivalent to make +? -ly. Cognate with Old English macal?c (“convenient”), Scots makly, Middle Low German gemacl?ch, Middle High German gemechl?che (“easily”) (German gemächlich (“gently”)), Dutch gemakkelijk (“easy”).

Adverb

mackly (comparative macklier or more mackly, superlative mackliest or most mackly)

1. (Britain dialectal) Evenly; aptly; easily.
2. (Britain dialectal, Scotland) Moderately.

Adjective

mackly (comparative macklier or more mackly, superlative mackliest or most mackly)

1. (Britain dialectal) Seemly; comely; good-looking.