Hypertext Webster Gateway: "appropriateness"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Appropriateness \Ap*pro"pri*ate*ness\, n.
The state or quality of being appropriate; peculiar fitness.
--Froude.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
appropriateness
n 1: appropriate conduct; doing the right thing [syn: {rightness}]
[ant: {inappropriateness}]
2: the quality of being specially suitable [ant: {inappropriateness}]
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