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
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 Anthony Hope
Through some accidental appositeness to some contemporaneous situation, these may become generally current.
From Human Traits and their Social Significance by Irwin Edman
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
Their dramatic and literary value would itself have sufficed to obtain attention for them at any time, though there can be no doubt that their popularity was mainly due to their political appositeness.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 11, Slice 2 "French Literature" to "Frost, William" by Various
