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WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
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apropos

 : 
Adjective, Adverb
 : 
ap=ro=pos

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective apropos has 1 sense

Adverbial apropos has 2 senses

CIDE DICTIONARY

aproposa. & adv. [F. ; (L. ad) + propos purpose, L. proposium plan, purpose, fr. proponere to propose. See Propound.].
  •  Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.  [1913 Webster]
    "A tale extremely apropos."  [1913 Webster]
  •  By the way; to the purpose; suitably to the place or subject; -- a word used to introduce an incidental observation, suited to the occasion, though not strictly belonging to the narration.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

apropos, adj. & adv.
--adj.
1 to the point or purpose; appropriate (his comment was apropos).
2 colloq. (often foll. by of) in respect of; concerning (apropos the meeting; apropos of the talk).
--adv.
1 appropriately (spoke apropos).
2 (absol.) by the way; incidentally ( apropos, she's not going).

Etymology
F {agrave} propos f. {agrave} to + propos PURPOSE

THESAURUS

apropos

a propos, about, ad rem, adapted, admissible, against, anent, appertaining, applicable, applying, apposite, appropriate, apropos of, apt, as for, as regards, as respects, as to, becoming, befitting, belonging, by the by, by the way, concerning, dovetailing, en passant, felicitous, fit, fitted, fitting, for example, geared, germane, happy, in passing, in point, in re, in reference to, in respect to, incidentally, involving, just right, likely, material, meet, meshing, on the button, opportune, par exemple, parenthetically, pat, pertaining, pertinent, proper, qualified, re, regarding, relevant, respecting, right, seasonable, sortable, speaking of, suitable, suited, suiting, tailored, to the point, to the purpose, touching, toward, with respect to
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