Appositeness

Synonyms for "appositeness" (25 found)

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Translations

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German

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  • Angemessenheit noun (the state of being apposite)

Russian

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  • уме́стность noun (the state of being apposite)

Sample sentences

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There is a want of appositeness and accuracy in the first sentence of this extract, which renders it somewhat difficult to determine whether the author designed it as a single proposition, or as a series of independent propositions.

Source: wiktionary

For two years more he lingered, sinking slowly into unconsciousness and imbecility. Sometimes, propped up in his chair, he would be heard to murmur, with unexpected appositeness, the words of Samson [...]

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And though in this instance the king [Louis XVI of France] promised to the extent that he feared, and broke his promises to the extent that he hoped, one cannot but marvel at the precise appositeness of La Rochefoucauld’s aphorism […] [that] promises were made 'to the extent that (men) hoped and kept to the extent that they feared' […]

Source: wiktionary

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