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apropos
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¹ap·ro·pos

adverb \ˌa-prə-ˈpō, ˈa-prə-ˌ\

Definition of APROPOS

: at an opportune time : seasonably

: by way of interjection or further comment : with regard to the present topic

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Examples of APROPOS

<I went up to New York last weekend; apropos, have you seen your New York cousins lately?>

Origin of APROPOS

French à propos, literally, to the purpose

First Known Use: 1668

Related to APROPOS

Synonyms: en passant, incidentally, by the by (or by the bye), by the way, in passing

Rhymes with APROPOS

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²ap·ro·pos

adjective \ˌa-prə-ˈpō, ˈa-prə-ˌ\

Definition of APROPOS

: being both relevant and opportune <apropos comments>

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Examples of APROPOS

The ceremony concluded with the reading of an apropos poem.
The comment, though unexpected, was apropos.
This short yet spacious and powerful book … reminds us of the careful and apropos writing of J.M. Coetzee, W.G. Sebald and Uwe Timm. —Thomas McGuane, New York Times Book Review, 24 June 2007
The late Kenneth Koch's description of Ashbery as “lazy and quick” remains thoroughly apropos; these 61 page-or-two poems can seem brilliantly tossed off, much like those in his 2000 collection, Your Name Here. The title is appropriate too: Chinese Whispers is the British name for the game of Telephone, where children (or adults) gather in a circle and whisper a “secret” word or phrase into the ear next to them. —Publishers Weekly, 19 Aug. 2002
I wore a suit and tie to Christmas Eve dinner, and during dinner we drank toasts to ourselves and our similarly dressed friends, appropriate wine in apropos glasses. Our tree was decorated, most tastefully, with apt baubles bought from Georg Jensen. —Geoffrey Wolff, Granta, Autumn 1990
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