as in properly
in a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose
the young painter has been appositely compared with the most prominent artists of the previous century such inexcusably boorish behavior is fully deserving of an appositely harsh reprimand
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Adverb
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So excited to have properly chilled wine.—
Anna Moeslein,
Glamour,
16 Mar. 2026 -
The track was built properly, with the fencing, the walls.—
Lawrence Dow,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
16 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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At present, the model can correctly gauge that risk 60 percent of the time, Griffin says.—
Jyoti Madhusoodanan,
Scientific American,
17 Mar. 2026
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The market would spend the next decade swinging between euphoria and collapse, wiping out the life savings of many while producing generational wealth for the savvy few who correctly rode the wave.—
Clara Molot,
Vanity Fair,
17 Mar. 2026
Adverb
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The endowment worried the tower could fall into disrepair under CapRadio’s stewardship and sought to donate it to KVIE, an organization that endowment board members believed could appropriately maintain the tower.—
Ishani Desai,
Sacbee.com,
17 Mar. 2026
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The lens is appropriately sized for gimbals and handheld photography.—
Jim Fisher,
PC Magazine,
16 Mar. 2026
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“Appositely.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appositely. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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