Appropriacy
noun
the condition of delicate and precise fittingness of a word or expression to its context, even when it is chosen from a number of close synonyms
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- Appropriated
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: each played his appropriate part. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: the legislature appropriated funds for the university. to take to or for oneself; take […]
- Appropriately
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: each played his appropriate part. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: the legislature appropriated funds for the university. to take to or for oneself; take […]
- Appropriateness
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: each played his appropriate part. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: the legislature appropriated funds for the university. to take to or for oneself; take […]
- Appropriates
suitable or fitting for a particular purpose, person, occasion, etc.: an appropriate example; an appropriate dress. belonging to or peculiar to a person; proper: each played his appropriate part. to set apart, authorize, or legislate for some specific purpose or use: the legislature appropriated funds for the university. to take to or for oneself; take […]
- Appropriation
the act of . anything for a special purpose, especially money. an act of a legislature authorizing money to be paid from the treasury for a specified use. the money thus authorized: a large appropriation for aid to libraries. contemporary examples the image gives a new take on sherrie levine-ish appropriation, getting at it through […]