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
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
Accident was often the occasion of sudden and unforeseen applications, which from their appositeness were very agreeable to the people.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
The present hand-book of Döderlein is remarkable for the brevity, distinctness, perspicuity, and appositeness of its definitions.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Ludwig Döderlein
We have often thought, that if the various similes employed in the Scriptures were thoroughly understood, that their appositeness and beauty would be themes of increased admiration.
From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Lewis Gaylord Clark
