"aptly summarizes" is a correct and usable phrase in written English.
It means that something effectively and accurately captures the main points or essence of a topic, idea, or situation. Example: The professor's lecture aptly summarizes the key concepts of quantum physics in a way that is easy for students to understand.
When a bar patron says to Ron, "You can't wash out all the color and keep the flavor," she aptly summarizes the pitfalls Mr. McKay avoids, and gives a savory line reading in the bargain.
Far better than either of these titles would have been "Schadenfreude" — not only because it aptly summarizes the drooling glee prompted by the Blacks' comedown, but also because of Lord Black's well-documented fondness for showily eloquent words.
The Wall Street Journal article on the case aptly summarizes the issues facing musical instrument manufacturers, large and small: Gibson's predicament, which raises concerns for musical-instrument makers and other importers of wood, illustrates the pitfalls of complying with U.S. law while dealing with middlemen in faraway countries whose legal systems can be murky.
The maxim "sage on the stage to guide on the side" aptly summarizes this ongoing process of the teacher's transformation from an authoritative role to a facilitative one.
This introduction aptly summarizes who Isaac is.
A quote from Ai Weiwei aptly summarizes the project's significance: "There are no walls that can stop an idea.
The story, once Pinkwater gets around to it, is again aptly summarized in the subtitle.
Silverberg, whose first science fiction story appeared in 1954, here offers a simple tale aptly summarized in its title.
But his tax proposals were aptly summarized by The Atlantic's Clive Crook: "The rich can pay for it all".
Their queries carried an undercurrent, aptly summarized by an unidentified man who appeared on a video screen from Novosibirsk, in southern Siberia.
And it's a point so simple that it can be aptly summarized by the book's subtitle, "How the Relentless Promotion of Positive Thinking Has Undermined America".
