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Word entry · 7 letters

apropos

Best crossword clue

"To the point"

7 letters · collected on this word page

7 lettersPronunciation /ˌæp.ɹəˈpəʊ/Part of speech adjective, adverbSorted aoopprsStarts with AEnds with S1 cluesCommon crossword word
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Definitions

  1. of an appropriate or pertinent nature

Word origin

Borrowed from French à propos (“on that subject”).

Used in a sentence

  • Nothing easier. I received not long ago a map from my friend, Augustus Petermann, at Leipzig. Nothing could be more apropos.
  • A particularly apropos line many will remember from this film was the closing shot of a Times editorial reading "Is There No Sense of Decency?"
  • Served outside the shell and sliced in bite-sized pieces, it's as apropos for a first date as a business dinner.

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