Lexic.us

Definition of Apropos

1. Adverb. At an opportune time. "Your letter arrived apropos"

2. Adjective. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.

3. Adverb. Introducing a different topic; in point of fact. "Incidentally, I won't go to the party"

Definition of Apropos

1. a. & adv. Opportunely or opportune; seasonably or seasonable.

Definition of Apropos

1. Adjective. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature. ¹

2. Adjective. By the way; incidental. ¹

3. Preposition. Regarding or concerning. ¹

4. Adverb. By the way. ¹

5. Adverb. Timely; at a good time. ¹

6. Adjective. (alternative form of apropos) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Apropos

1. relevant [adj] - See also: relevant

Lexicographical Neighbors of Apropos

apron apron-string hold apron flashing apron string apron strings aproned apronful apronfuls aproning apronless

apronlike aprons apronsful aprophoria apropo apropos (current term) apropos of apropos of nothing aprosdoketa aprosdoketon

aprosdoketons aprosody aprotic aprotinin aprotinine après-ski après-skiing apsara

Literary usage of Apropos

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Merriam-Webster's Dictionary of English Usage by Inc. Merriam-Webster (1994)
"apropos, apropos of, apropos to apropos is a word taken into English from the French phrase a propos in the second half of the 17th century. ..."

2. Memoirs of a Social Atom by William Edwin Adams (1903)
"CHAPTER LIX apropos A CHAPTER of good stories, though I have told some of them before in another place, may be apropos here. As far as I know, ..."

3. Notes and Queries by Martim de Albuquerque (1866)
"... the action was fought, was sacked and burnt by the victors. Alas! for the birth-place of Augustus, and the reminiscences of M. Plancus! &c. apropos of ..."

4. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann, Edward Aloysius Pace, Condé Bénoist Pallen, Thomas Joseph Shahan, John Joseph Wynne (1913)
"Concerning the insinuations of the Old Catholics in 1870 apropos of this Brief, see Granderath. "Geschichte des Vatikanischen Konzils", II, 589, and III, ..."

5. The Poet at the Breakfast-table: He Talks with His Fellow-boarders and the by Oliver Wendell Holmes (1891)
"... in so apropos that I am morally certain he gets a hint from somebody who watches the course of the conversation, and means through him to have a hand in ..."

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