All 4 Uses of
appropriate
in
Childhood's End
- George felt appropriately squashed.†
Chpt 8 *appropriately = in a suitable (fitting) manner for a particular situation
- Could the result be varied by conditioning or by the use of appropriate orchestration?†
Chpt 15
- She had long ago threatened to make the appropriate retort by brewing him a cup of hemlock, but fbrtunately this herbal beverage was less common to New Athens than the old.†
Chpt 17
- The fact that he uttered the appropriate sounds, and made the expected responses, really proved nothing at all.†
Chpt 17
Definitions:
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(1)
(appropriate as in: it is appropriate) suitable (fitting) for a particular situation
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(2)
(appropriate as in: appropriate from their culture) to take without asking -- often without right
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(3)
(appropriate as in: Congress will appropriate funds) to set aside for a particular use