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apposite

ap·po·site [ áppəzit ]


adjective 
Definition:
 
particularly appropriate: especially well suited to the circumstances

[Early 17th century. < Latin appositus, past participle of apponere "add to, put near" < ponere "put" (see position)]

ap·po·site·ly adverb
ap·po·site·ness noun
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