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appositeness

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ap·po·site  (p-zt)
adj.
Strikingly appropriate and relevant. See Synonyms at relevant.
[Latin appositus, past participle of appnere, to put near : ad-, ad- + pnere, to put; see apo- in Indo-European roots.]
appo·site·ly adv.
appo·site·ness n.
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Noun1.appositeness - appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had considerable aptness"
aptness
appropriateness - the quality of being specially suitable
inappositeness, inaptness - inappropriateness; "greater inaptness of expression would be hard to imagine"


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But the chief peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness.
War and Peace by Tolstoy, Leo View in context
"Why, so they are, Uncle Venner," remarked Phoebe after a pause; for she had been trying to fathom the profundity and appositeness of this concluding apothegm.
House Of Seven Gables by Hawthorne, Nathaniel View in context
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.
Dracula by Stoker, Bram View in context
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