In an appropriate way
The crossword clue "In an appropriate way" is answered by APTLY, a 5-letter entry. Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Every figure on this page comes from the collection data itself, never from a guess.
The answer
APTLY
5 letters. See every clue for this answer on the APTLY answer page.
Used 9 times across 8 distinct years; most recently in 2026. It appears in 7 publications in the xd corpus. Frequency and last-seen figures come from the xd crossword corpus only.
Other clues for APTLY
Every other clue in this collection answered by APTLY, most used first.
- In a fitting way - used 53 times, most recently in 2026
- In a fitting manner - used 21 times, most recently in 2026
- In a suitable way - used 13 times, most recently in 2026
- Fittingly - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- In a proper way - used 10 times, most recently in 2026
- In a suitable manner - used 10 times, most recently in 2023
- As is fitting - used 9 times, most recently in 2023
- Well - used 6 times, most recently in 2026
Related clues
Clues in this collection of the same answer length that share a word with this clue, or match its answer pattern when no word is shared. Most used first.
- In any way - ATALL, used 185 times
- Way to go - ROUTE, used 139 times
- Out of the way - ASIDE, used 138 times
- "In what way?" - HOWSO, used 66 times
- One way to read - ALOUD, used 57 times
- Rub the wrong way - CHAFE, used 55 times
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