apposite

[ ap-uh-zit, uh-poz-it ]
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adjective
  1. suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt: an apposite answer.

Origin of apposite

1
1615–25; <Latin appositus added to, put near (past participle of appōnere), equivalent to ap-ap-1 + positus placed (posi- place + -tus past participle suffix)

Other words from apposite

  • ap·po·site·ly, adjective
  • ap·po·site·ness, noun
  • un·ap·po·site, adjective
  • un·ap·po·site·ly, adverb
  • un·ap·po·site·ness, noun

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How to use apposite in a sentence

  • Had any other of that party of any eminence died in that month, it would have been as appositely applied to him.

  • Nothing could show us more appositely than this what criticism should not be.

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  • One of the prizes being a line-of-battle ship, Rodney had an opportunity to show appositely his courtliness of breeding.

  • The books they talk about fondly at table and quote from freely and appositely are likely to arrest the attention of the child.

  • For the same answer appositely and satisfactorily is applicable to both.

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British Dictionary definitions for apposite

apposite

/ (ˈæpəzɪt) /


adjective
  1. well suited for the purpose; appropriate; apt

Origin of apposite

1
C17: from Latin appositus placed near, from appōnere, from pōnere to put, place

Derived forms of apposite

  • appositely, adverb
  • appositeness, noun

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