| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| Hamlet | Ham III.iv.166 | That aptly is put on. Refrain tonight, | refraine to night, |
| Pericles | Per V.ii.5 | That you aptly will suppose | That you aptly will suppose, |
| Richard III | R3 III.i.134 | He prettily and aptly taunts himself. | He prettily and aptly taunts himselfe: |
| The Taming of the Shrew | TS induction.1.85 | Was aptly fitted and naturally performed. | Was aptly fitted, and naturally perform'd. |
| Timon of Athens | Tim I.i.17.1 | Which aptly sings the good.’ | Which aptly sings the good. |
| Twelfth Night | TN III.iv.189 | the gentleman – as I know his youth will aptly receive it | the Gentleman (as I know his youth will aptly receiue it) |
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| Play | Key Line | Modern Text | Original Text |
| A Lover's Complaint | LC.88 | What's sweet to do, to do will aptly find, | Whats sweet to do, to do wil aptly find, |
| A Lover's Complaint | LC.200 | Of grief and blushes, aptly understood | Of greefe and blushes, aptly vnderstood |
| Venus and Adonis | Ven.716 | ‘ Leave me, and then the story aptly ends. | Leaue me, and then the storie aptly ends, |
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| aptly | easily, readily |
| feelingly | pertinently, aptly, to the point |
| fitly | justly, fittingly, aptly |
| happily | fittingly, appropriately, aptly |
| pat | neatly, opportunely, aptly |
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| aptly | happily |
| aptly | feelingly |
| aptly | fitly |
| aptly | pat |
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