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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

Still he saw no appositeness in the comparison, "as there was no C�sar in Paris."

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn

It was true he had from time to time offered suggestions, the appositeness and value of which it was not for him to determine.

From Punch 1893.07.29 by Various

We are not aware to what feature in our character the epithet funny will apply; but probably our self-esteem will not permit us justly to appreciate the appositeness of this somewhat ambiguous epithet.

From Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine - Volume 57, No. 352, February 1845 by Various

Dick felt rather proud of this, its fluency and general appositeness.

From Old Crow by Brown, Alice