appositeness

Grief grinned to himself at the appositeness of it as Lead,

THE DEVILS OF FUATINO 2010

This, and the appositeness of it, quite carried Frona away, and she had both his hands in hers on the instant.

CHAPTER 8 2010

That you may understand how dangerous, and into what a situation it has already brought you, we will (if you please) go hand-inhand through the different phrases of your letter, and candidly examine each from the point of view of its truth, its appositeness, and its charity.

Lay Morals 2005

As the reverend gentleman tripped daintily down the summer street that lay between the blue river and the purple mountain, he cast his mild eyes hither and thither upon human nature, and the sentence he had just penned recurred to him with pleasurable appositeness.

For the term of his natural life 2004

But the chief peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness.

War and Peace 2003

Shakespeare, even though it should appear trite; which illustrates the emblematical meaning often conveyed in these floral tributes; and at the same time possesses that magic of language and appositeness of imagery for which he stands pre-eminent.

The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon 2002

I could not at the moment recall Enoch's appositeness; so I had to ask a simple question, though I felt that by so doing I was lowering myself in the eyes of the lunatic: -

The Deadlocked City Elon, Amos 2001

A special appositeness was given to these reflections by the discovery, in a neighbouring pew, of the serious profile and neatly-trimmed beard of Mr. Percy Gryce.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

A special appositeness was given to these reflections by the discovery, in a neighbouring pew, of the serious profile and neatly-trimmed beard of Mr. Percy Gryce.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987

A special appositeness was given to these reflections by the discovery, in a neighbouring pew, of the serious profile and neatly-trimmed beard of Mr. Percy Gryce.

The House of Mirth Edith Wharton 1987