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DictionaryaproposAppropriateness
adjective / adverb

apropos

ap-ruh-POH/ˌæprʌpˈoʊ/

Appropriate to the situation or moment.

The ramp photograph is apropos to the discussion of an inaccessible entrance.

An apropos contribution to an accessibility discussion: while participants examine the stairs at a model entrance, another participant introduces a photograph of a ramp serving a comparable entrance.
Etymology
aFrenchto
+proposFrenchpurpose; topic of conversation

French à propos means “to the purpose.” Something apropos is therefore to the point: it fits the subject being discussed or serves the purpose at hand.

In context

This Week in Startups29:06
there's a line that's very apropos here which is if you would have invented facebook you would have invented facebook right and that applies to yahoo as well
- Startups - David Sacks of Yammer - TWiST #245

More examples

  • The quotation seemed particularly apropos at that moment.
  • He offered an apropos example from his own experience.
  • The timing of the announcement was oddly apropos.

Forms

apropos

Similar words

pertinent
Pertinent is relevant to a subject; apropos also suggests being fitting at a particular moment.
apt
Apt is well suited; apropos can describe a remark’s relevance to the current discussion.