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Meanings of apposite in English

Being of striking appropriateness and pertinence.

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Usage of apposite in English
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Photograph: Twitter Rachel seemed to have an apposite reply for each occasion.
The Guardian
2
Both are springing, but springing in apposite directions, from the one seed.
Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
3
This consideration seemed to Mentezufis so apposite that he looked at Mefres.
The Pharaoh and the Priest: An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt
4
It is apposite that you should have alluded to the Holy Inquisition.
Pandaemonium
5
Dr. Masham's apposite and favourite quotation after his weekly visit to Cherbury.
Venetia
6
How curiously apposite seem Dryden's lines, written in a very different connection!
Without Prejudice
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Yet debating Hitler and armed conflict in Europe could not be more apposite.
The Guardian
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The building was completely incongruous, yet apposite at the same time.
The Neutronium Alchemist
9
Arthur stuttered in fury and said nothing apposite, or indeed coherent.
The Ultimate Hitchhiker’s Guide
10
Talk should proceed by instances; by the apposite, not the expository.
Memories and Portraits
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Nightmare was an apposite description, although few extended much sympathy for his plight.
The Irish Times
12
Not a particularly apposite remark from a Prince of the Church.
Surrender to the will of the night
13
Winston Churchill's famous remark, expressed in an October 1939 radio broadcast, remains apposite.
The Irish Times
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Some men with an instinct for the apposite started to sing:
The Roll-Call
15
They were so apposite and so creditable, that very likely the bishop yielded.
Saint Augustin
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His song also contained a few apposite allusions to the smiling blushing candidates.
The Headsman; Or, The Abbaye des Vignerons
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