appositelyadv.
In an apposite manner, appropriately, to the point.
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the world > relative properties > order > agreement, harmony, or congruity > suitability or appropriateness > [adverb] > appositely
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pertinentlyc1425
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felicitously1828
1633 T. Adams Comm. 2 Peter (ii. 6) 621 The Pulpit can prove nothing so appositely..by Scripture.
1637 G. Gillespie Dispute against Eng.-Popish Ceremonies iv. iii. 12 Thus spake the learned Friar very appositly.
1781 T. Warton Hist. Eng. Poetry III. xx. 36 This fable appositely suggests a train of sensible and pointed observations.
1830 J. F. W. Herschel Prelim. Disc. Study Nat. Philos. 54 They are not on that account less appositely cited as instances.
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