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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Apposite \Ap"po*site\, adjective [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}, adverb -- {Ap"po*site*ness}, noun
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
appositeness
noun: appropriateness; "the phrase had considerable aptness" [syn: {aptness}] [ant: {inaptness}, {inaptness}]
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