So, apropos of nothing, I need to ask you about one last thing.
There was the apropos of nothing American flag plastered everywhere.
Because stories have to be “apropos,” they have to come at the right moment, the right sip of wine.
apropos inflation, the government could try to inflate its way out of this crisis, covering the deficit by printing money.
apropos of general indieness, the show paused for a mini-concert from My Morning Jacket.
apropos, Belinda, did not you tell me Clarence Hervey is coming to town?
apropos, what is the reason that we have seen so little of Clarence Hervey lately?
I stammered it all out, on the way back, apropos of the rubbish-heap which had been Tentyra.
apropos, how do you like this thought in a ballad I have just now on the tapis?
apropos if you are for English verses, there is, on my part, an end of the matter.
1660s, "opportunely," from French à propos "to the purpose," from propos "thing said in conversation, talk; purpose, plan," from Latin propositium "purpose," past participle of proponere "to set forth, propose" (see propound). Meaning "as regards" is 1761, from French. As an adjective, "to the point or purpose," from 1690s.