apposite
ap·po·site
adjective
1.
being of striking appropriateness and pertinence
- “the successful copywriter is a master of apposite and evocative verbal images”
- “an apt reply”
Origin
From Latin appositus, past participle of adponere, from ad- + ponere (“to put, place”). See apposition.
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