appositeness

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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

Sometimes the answer was in the words of the Bible; but always, whatever it were, it was given, Eleanor felt, with singular appositeness to the interests before him.

From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan

In 1835 he published his elaborate treatise on Baptism, which was followed by other Tracts from different authors, if not of equal learning, yet of equal power and appositeness.

From Apologia pro Vita Sua by Newman, John Henry

Mina invited him in; there was an appositeness in his coming which appealed to her, and she watched Neeld with covert eagerness.

From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Hope, Anthony

Their dramatic and literary value would itself have sufficed to obtain attention for them at any time, though there can be no doubt that their popularity was mainly due to their political appositeness.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various