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Adjective: apropos  `a-pru'pow or 'a-pru`pow
  1. Of an appropriate or pertinent nature
Adverb: apropos  `a-pru'pow or 'a-pru`pow
  1. At an opportune time
    "your letter arrived apropos"
    - seasonably, timely, well-timed
     
  2. Introducing a different topic; in point of fact
    - by the way, by the bye, incidentally

See also: apposite, appropriate, appropriateness, apt, pertinent

Antonym: malapropos

Encyclopedia: Apropos