Apposite
['æpəzɪt]
Definition
(adj.) being of striking appropriateness and pertinence; 'the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images'; 'an apt reply' .
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Definition
(a.) Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant; pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to the case.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Apt, pertinent, relevant, fit, fitting, befitting, suitable, appropriate, seasonable, germane, APROPOS, to the purpose, to the point, well applied, well put.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Suitable, appropriate, befitting, fitting, timely, congruous, consistent,pertinent, seasonable, relevant, fit, meet, adapted, apropos
ANT:Untimely, irrelevant, impertinent, unfitting, mistimed, misplaced, misspoken,inappropriate, misjudged
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Definition
adj. adapted: suitable.—adv. Ap′positely.—n. Ap′positeness.
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Examples
- There was no replying to this very apposite conclusion, and, therefore, Mr. Pickwick, after settling the reckoning, resumed his walk to Gray's Inn. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- In the present case such a question would have been particularly apposite. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
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