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
In 1835 he published his elaborate treatise on Baptism, which was followed by other Tracts from different authors, if not of equal learning, yet of equal power and appositeness.
From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry
In his speeches, on the contrary, he quoted but little, and only when he seemed to run upon a thought already expressed by some one else with singular force and appositeness.
From Oration on the Life and Character of Henry Winter Davis by Creswell, John A. J.
There is neither necessity nor appositeness in placing the two writers in such juxtaposition.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett
Dick felt rather proud of this, its fluency and general appositeness.
From Old Crow by Brown, Alice
