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

But in thinking out its details we may for the first time note its appositeness to the solution of the problem in hand.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin

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 Codman, John

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 Blossom, Henry M.

We have often thought, that if the various similes employed in the Scriptures were thoroughly understood, that their appositeness and beauty would be themes of increased admiration.

From The Knickerbocker, or New-York Monthly Magazine, May 1844 Volume 23, Number 5 by Clark, Lewis Gaylord