All 3 Uses of
appropriate
in
That Summer, by Sarah Dessen
- It seemed horribly inappropriate if not blasphemous in some way.†
Chpt 2inappropriate = unsuitable (not fitting) for a particular situationstandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in inappropriate means not and reverses the meaning of appropriate. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I looked sick, haunted, which I felt was appropriate so I just left my face as it was, without applying any makeup or touching my hair.
Chpt 11 *appropriate = fitting to the situation
- I hadn't inherited that flair for the stage that Ashley and my mother had, this snap ability to lose control in appropriate instances.†
Chpt 1
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