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àpropos

àpropos is the alternative form of apropos.

Meaning of apropos

Adjective

apropos (comparative more apropos, superlative most apropos)

  1. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
    • Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.1877, Jules Verne, translated by Frederick Amadeus Malleson, Journey into the Interior of the Earth, Chapter VI
  2. By the way, incidental.
    • Sherlock Holmes rose and lit his pipe. "No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to [C. Auguste] Dupin," he observed. "Now, in my opinion, Dupin was a very inferior fellow. That trick of his of breaking in on his friends' thoughts with an apropos remark after a quarter of an...1887, A[rthur] Conan Doyle, “A Study in Scarlet”, in Beeton’s Christmas Annual, London; New York, N.Y.: Ward, Lock & Co., part I (Being a reprint from the reminiscences of John H. Watson, M.D., […])...

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Forms of àpropos

comparativemore àpropos
superlativemost àpropos

Questions about àpropos

What is àpropos the alternative form of?
Àpropos is the alternative form of apropos.

Words near àpropos in the dictionary

  1. à outrance
  2. à propos
  3. à propos de bottes
  4. à rouet
  5. à trois
  6. àpropos
  7. Áed Ruad
  8. Água Grande
  9. Álava
  10. Álfheimr
  11. Áncash

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