Appositeness

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Apposite \Ap"po*site\, a. [L. appositus, p. p. of apponere to
     set or put to; ad + ponere to put, place.]
     Very applicable; well adapted; suitable or fit; relevant;
     pat; -- followed by to; as, this argument is very apposite to
     the case. -- {Ap"po*site*ly}, adv. -- {Ap"po*site*ness}, n.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  appositeness
       n : appropriateness; "the phrase had considerable aptness" [syn:
            {aptness}] [ant: {inaptness}, {inaptness}]