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
Dick felt rather proud of this, its fluency and general appositeness.
From Old Crow by Alice Brown
There is neither necessity nor appositeness in placing the two writers in such juxtaposition.
From Victor Hugo: His Life and Works by G. Barnett Smith
Grief grinned to himself at the appositeness of it as "Lead, Kindly Light," floated out over the dark water.
From A Son Of The Sun by Jack London
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 John Codman
