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Appropriate

/əˈprəʊpriət/
To be suitable or fitting for a particular situation, person, or purpose.

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Examples:

Yes, I guess that would be appropriate.

"It seems the only appropriate thing," agreed Miss Hortense.

And yet, oh, how appropriate now, somehow.

Etymology:

etymology
Derived from the Latin word appropriatus, the past participle of appropriare, which means to make ones own, stemming from ad- (to) + proprius' (own).

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