appositeness

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appositeness - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Apposite \Ap"po*site\, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to
     set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.]
     Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant;
     pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to
     the case. -- Ap"po*site*ly, adv. -- Ap"po*site*ness, n.
     [1913 Webster]

appositeness - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  appositeness
      n 1: appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had
           considerable aptness" [syn: aptness, appositeness]
           [ant: inappositeness, inaptness]