Usually means: Appropriate or relevant to situation.
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  1. apropos: Merriam-Webster.com
  2. apropos: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. apropos: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
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  7. apropos: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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  9. apropos: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  10. apropos: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
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  13. apropos: Online Etymology Dictionary
  14. Apropos (Unix), Apropos: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  15. apropos: Rhymezone
  16. apropos: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  17. apropos: Free Dictionary
  18. apropos: Mnemonic Dictionary
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  20. apropos: Dictionary/thesaurus
  21. apropos: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

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  1. apropos: Legal dictionary

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  1. APROPOS: Acronym Finder

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  1. apropos: Urban Dictionary

Definitions from Wiktionary (
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adjective:  Of an appropriate or pertinent nature.
adjective:  by the way, incidental
adverb:  By the way.
adverb:  Timely; at a good time.
adverb:  To the purpose; appropriately.

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