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.

Mina invited him in; there was an appositeness in his coming which appealed to her, and she watched Neeld with covert eagerness.

From Tristram of Blent An Episode in the Story of an Ancient House by Hope, Anthony

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

Sometimes the answer was in the words of the Bible; but always, whatever it were, it was given, Eleanor felt, with singular appositeness to the interests before him.

From The Old Helmet, Volume I by Warner, Susan