apposite
adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt.
Example Sentences
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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
Brent Tor is a church, in which is appositely inscribed from Scripture, "Upon this rock will I build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
From The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 20, No. 562, Saturday, August 18, 1832. by Various
