Appropriately
Appropriately adverb - In a manner suitable for the occasion or purpose.
Rather and appropriately are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Rather" instead an adverb "Appropriately".
Rather
Rather adverb - By choice or preference.
Appropriately and rather are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Appropriately" instead an adverb "Rather".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- right and appropriately
- right and rather
- adequately and appropriately
- adequately and rather
- greatly and appropriately
- greatly and rather
- extremely and appropriately
- extremely and rather
- properly and appropriately
- properly and rather
- well and appropriately
- well and rather
- fairly and appropriately
- fairly and rather
Both words in one sentence
- Penny Dreadful also attempts to stick fairly close to the source material, with 'Caliban' (the name given to the Monster to distinguish him from his maker) looking appropriately like a corpse that has been resurrected and who is even rather eloquent, as he similarly is in Shelley's original text.
Source: Lost in Imitation - Used rather ominously, though appropriately, in A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) when Nancy prepares for the climactic confrontation with Freddy.
Source: Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep -
Appropriately enough, Murphy manages to kill him as he's dying and over the end credits we see the two in Hell, talking (in a rather blase manner) about how unpleasant it is.
Source: See You in Hell
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