Both Uses of
apposite
in
War and Peace
- But the chief peculiarity of his speech was its directness and appositeness.†
Chpt 12 *
- The proverbs, of which his talk was full, were for the most part not the coarse and indecent saws soldiers employ, but those folk sayings which taken without a context seem so insignificant, but when used appositely suddenly acquire a significance of profound wisdom.†
Chpt 12
Definition:
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence