apposite

Definition

Strikingly appropriate or relevant; well suited to the circumstance or in relation to something.

Etymology

From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”). See apposition.

Example Sentences

• "c. 1833–1856, Andrew Carrick, John Addington Symonds (editors), Medical Topography of Bristol, in Transactions of the Provincial Medical and Surgical Association/Volume 2/3, Medical Topography would be the most apposite title, since it comprehends the principal objects of investigation; …."
• "Flora, however, received the remark as if it had been of a most apposite and agreeable nature; approvingly observing aloud that Mr. F's Aunt had a great deal of spirit."
• "Rough-neck is a capital word; it is more apposite and savory than the English navvy, and it is over-whelmingly more American."

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