appropriateness
Noun
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Appropriate conduct;
Doing the right thing (synset 104906208)synonym: rightness -
The quality of being specially suitable (synset 104723223)
attribute:
- appropriate - suitable for a particular person or place or condition etc
- inappropriate - not suitable for a particular occasion etc
- apropos - of an appropriate or pertinent nature
- malapropos - of an inappropriate or incorrectly applied nature
hypernym: suitability, suitableness - the quality of having the properties that are right for a specific purposehyponym:- felicitousness, felicity - pleasing and appropriate manner or style (especially manner or style of expression)
- appositeness, aptness - appropriateness for the occasion
- just the ticket, ticket - the appropriate or desirable thing
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