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They had been watching an appositely shattering production of The Plough and the Stars by Sean O’Casey, the great playwright’s complex commentary on the Easter Rising that begat the Irish republic a century ago.

From The Guardian • Mar. 26, 2016

Ruskin had defended the painter against critical attacks, and soon Effie was modelling for his appositely titled picture The Order of Release.

From The Guardian • Mar. 29, 2013

Well, as one character says all too appositely, “I have a pretty good idea what’s going to happen.”

From New York Times • Jun. 9, 2010

Author Pettit writes suavely, ironically, often appositely, of philosophy, Christianity, "the facts of life," protects himself from censorship by his gymnastic euphemisms, Gallic urbanity.

From Time Magazine Archive

This new and well-built part contains the far-seen and notable Town Hall, the architecture of which would have pleased Ruskin, especially as its fine windows are all appositely illustrative of Shetlandic annals.

From Literary Tours in The Highlands and Islands of Scotland by Holmes, Daniel Turner