Both Uses of
appropriate
in
The Notebook
- ...though it didn't look quite as nice as the first one, it conveyed an image she thought would be more appropriate.
*appropriate = suitable (fitting) for the situation
- Everything that came into her head seemed inappropriate, somehow lacking.†
inappropriate = 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.
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