apposite
adjective
suitable; well-adapted; pertinent; relevant; apt.
appositeness
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a word derived from
apposite.
Example Sentences
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I could not at the moment recall Enoch’s appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic:—
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Of course there will be room enough for contrariety of judgment among my readers, as to the necessity, or appositeness, or value, or good taste, or religious prudence of the details which I shall introduce.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by John Henry Newman
His Chekhovian mots and those little traits that astonish us by their neatness and appositeness, he often took direct from life.
From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by I. A. Bunin
“Something will have to be done about getting a new teacher for that school,” he said with an appositeness which was only too painfully apparent.
From The Prairie Child by Ward. E. F. (Edmund Franklin)
Of that there could be no doubt, and he used it with a native grace, a varied inflection and appositeness which made it seem a part of him, and therefore robbed it of objection.
From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Henry M. Blossom
