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adjective

Apropos adj., adv.

Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable. "A tale extremely apropos."

By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.

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Etymology of 'Apropos'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Apropos" Quotes from Famous Books

... he would demand, when she suggested, apropos of a trip or a day when she had not been with him, that there might have been another. "You know there hasn't. If I am going in for that sort of thing you'll learn it fast enough. Even if I did, it wouldn't mean that I was unfaithful ...

— The Titan • Theodore Dreiser

... been my adviser since good Dr. Polidori referred me to you? Apropos, have you heard from him?" asked Madame ...

— The Mysteries of Paris V2 • Eugene Sue

... conversation, and as he spoke I forgot both his reputation and appearance, for his manner was that of a chivalrous gentleman, his accent refined, and his language easy and elegant. I inquired about some beavers' paws which were drying, and in a moment they hung on the horn of my saddle. Apropos of the wild animals of the region, he told me that the loss of his eye was owing to a recent encounter with a grizzly bear, which, after giving him a death hug, tearing him all over, breaking his arm and scratching ...

— A Lady's Life in the Rocky Mountains • Isabella L. Bird

... omits the lines which are apropos de rein and read much like "nonsense verses." I retain them simply because ...

— The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Volume 3 • Richard F. Burton

... system, just as he admires mental arrangement. I got a "rise" out of him only once when making a pretence of describing his very complex method of preserving correspondence, and then he flared: "It saved us a lot of trouble, didn't it?" The fact was patent, but the story is apropos. Allison was complaining to a friend ...

— The Dead Men's Song - Being the Story of a Poem and a Reminiscent Sketch of its - Author Young Ewing Allison • Champion Ingraham Hitchcock

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