Definition of "apropos" []

• Being at once opportune and to the point. See Synonyms at relevant. (adjective)
• At an appropriate time; opportunely. (adverb)
• By the way; incidentally: Apropos, where were you yesterday? (adverb)
• With regard to; concerning: Apropos our date for lunch, I can't go. (preposition)

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• "Writing upon the subject in which he was interested, in the midst of his family, he would pause, pen in hand, to laugh at some jest or say a word apropos of the question under discussion, and return in an instant to his work."
• "Imagine being Thief of Bagdad, title apropos to these times, as a Chinese American at Graumann's Chinese Theatre, then in its Chinarama phase, chock-a-block with faux orientalism, a chinkee apocalypse in plastic and red paper."