appositeness
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
Just at this time I received a letter from Varvilliers containing intelligence which was not only interesting in itself, but seemed to possess a peculiar appositeness.
From The King's Mirror by Anthony Hope
Of that there could be no doubt, and he used it with a native grace, a varied inflection and appositeness which made it seem a part of him, and therefore robbed it of objection.
From Checkers A Hard-luck Story by Henry M. Blossom
His Chekhovian mots and those little traits that astonish us by their neatness and appositeness, he often took direct from life.
From Reminiscences of Anton Chekhov by I. A. Bunin
The old saying, “Out of sight, out of mind” was proving its appositeness in her case.
From The Locusts' Years by Mary Helen Fee
