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

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

There is neither necessity nor appositeness in placing the two writers in such juxtaposition.

From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by Smith, G. Barnett

Her employer's trenchant simile as to Mrs. Willoughby's vocal powers could not but recur to Miss Bruce with a sense of its extreme appositeness when the guests entered.

From The War-Workers by Delafield, E.M.

Through some accidental appositeness to some contemporaneous situation, these may become generally current.

From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Edman, Irwin