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apropos (RELATED), a propos adverb [not gradable], preposition formal
used to introduce something which is related to or connected with something that has just been said
I had a long letter from my sister yesterday - apropos (of) which, have you heard from yours recently?
Apropos what you said yesterday, I think you were right.
apropos
(SUITABLE) adjective formal
suitable in a particular situation or at a particular time
I thought his remarks about her father were hardly apropos.
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apropos
preposition with reference to; concerning: she remarked apropos of the initiative, ‘It's not going to stop the abuse’.
adverb [SENTENCE ADVERB] (apropos of nothing) used to state a speaker's belief that someone's comments or acts are unrelated to any previous discussion or situation: Isabel kept smiling apropos of nothing.
adjective [PREDIC.] very appropriate to a particular situation: the song feels apropos to a midnight jaunt.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from French à propos ‘(with regard) to (this) purpose’.
