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
But this passage, trifling as it may seem to some readers, appeared to me worth preserving, because my recent very careful reperusal of Maupassant, as a whole, made its appositeness constantly recur to me.
From A History of the French Novel, Vol. 2 To the Close of the 19th Century by George Saintsbury
The appositeness of this illustration will be evident when it is applied to the subject under consideration.
From Free Ships: The Restoration of the American Carrying Trade by John Codman
Through some accidental appositeness to some contemporaneous situation, these may become generally current.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
There is neither necessity nor appositeness in placing the two writers in such juxtaposition.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
