Appropriate and Okay

Appropriate

Appropriate adjective - Meeting the requirements of a purpose or situation.

Okay and appropriate are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Okay" instead an adjective "Appropriate".

Okay

Okay adjective - Being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition.

Appropriate and okay are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriate" instead an adjective "Okay".

Nearby Words: okayed, okaying

Both words in one sentence

  • Most of these are okay to include on a creator page, or on their Trivia subpage as appropriate.
  • Series / Supernanny After making clear that this was not okay, Jo suggested more appropriate music and applauded the parents for using it.
  • Video Game / Thief Large Ham: The voicework for the shopkeepers in Deadly Shadows is either good or just okay, but all of them are appropriate-sounding.
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