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

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 Bunin, I. A.

"What is the particular appositeness of your remarks, Beatrix?"

From The Dominant Strain by Edwards, H. C. (Harry C.)

“He’s a driver and a master,” piped up Grizzly Whiskers, with the appositeness of a Greek chorus.

From King Spruce, A Novel by Day, Holman

Still he saw no appositeness in the comparison, "as there was no C�sar in Paris."

From History of the Rise of the Huguenots Volume 2 by Baird, Henry Martyn