All 3 Uses of
apropos
in
Middlemarch
- "Apropos of what you said about wearing harness," Lydgate began, after they had sat down, "I made up my mind some time ago to do with as little of it as possible.†
Chpt 2 *
- Mr. Featherstone grunted: he could not deny that an ordinary sort of girl like her might be expected to be useful, so he thought of another rejoinder, disagreeable enough to be always apropos.†
Chpt 3
- Apropos of the "Pioneer"—somebody had prophesied that it would soon be like a dying dolphin, and turn all colors for want of knowing how to help itself, because Mr. Brooke's protege, the brilliant young Ladislaw, was gone or going.†
Chpt 6
Definition:
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(apropos as in: unusual attire, but apropos) appropriate; or in reference (to something)