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
"What is the particular appositeness of your remarks, Beatrix?"
From The Dominant Strain by H. C. (Harry C.) Edwards
Through some accidental appositeness to some contemporaneous situation, these may become generally current.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
And then he passes to earnest instructions and exhortations, which derive appositeness from regarding them as a proclamation to his men of the principles on which his camp is to be governed.
From The Life of David As Reflected in His Psalms by Alexander Maclaren
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
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