1.
[syn: aptness, appositeness]
The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
appositeness
n 1: appropriateness for the occasion; "the phrase had
considerable aptness" [syn: aptness, appositeness]
[ant: inappositeness, inaptness]