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
Accident was often the occasion of sudden and unforeseen applications, which from their appositeness were very agreeable to the people.
From The Ancient History of the Egyptians, Carthaginians, Assyrians, Babylonians, Medes and Persians, Macedonians and Grecians (Vol. 1 of 6) by Charles Rollin
Through some accidental appositeness to some contemporaneous situation, these may become generally current.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
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
Grief grinned to himself at the appositeness of it as "Lead, Kindly Light," floated out over the dark water.
From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
