apropos

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The term is apropos, as the hotel does have a charming lobby, and its public rooms are a place one feels entirely at home in.

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  1. adjective Being at once opportune and to the point. See Synonyms at relevant.
  2. adverb At an appropriate time; opportunely.
  3. adverb By the way; incidentally: Apropos, where were you yesterday?
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  • Commands you might have missed: apropos utilities apropos is a standard unix command which is very frequently forgotten. —  Debian GNU/Linux System Administration Resources
  • Quite apropos, the narrative ends with Lucien Backenroth-Bronicki´s remarks where he states with a smile upon returning on a visit to the land of his ancestors that he felt no hatred toward the people of Drohoybych, whose ancestors probably played a significant role in the slaughtering of thousands of Jews during the Holocaust, "Just look where they are and where we are." —  American Chronicle
  • PS in French, the club would be the Con d'Or, which has an entirely different, yet somewhat apropos, meaning. —  Citizendium, the Citizens' Compendium - Recent changes [en]
  • Surely even ONE story would have been apropos, especially since the gerrymandering was done in the so-called "NDP fortress" of Nanaimo, specifically to destroy that fortress? —  Tyee - Home
  • Or perhaps his other catchphrase is even more apropos: —  Mother Talkers
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  1. French à propos : à, to (from Old French a, from Latin ad-; see ad-) + propos, purpose (from Latin prōpositum, neuter past participle of prōpōnere, to intend; see propose).

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  1. from French à propos, to the purpose: à, to, with reference to, from Latin ad, to; propos, purpose, from Latin propositum, a thing proposed: see purpose and propose.
 

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