Apropos and Telling

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Apropos adjective - Having to do with the matter at hand.

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Telling and apropos are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Telling" instead an adjective "Apropos".

Telling adjective - Having the power to persuade.

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Apropos and telling are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Apropos" instead an adjective "Telling".

Nearby Words: tell, teller, telly

Also, the Sultan who addresses his court by first telling them all how he gave himself an inverted penis, apropos of nothing.

Source: Theatre / Twisted: The Untold Story of a Royal Vizier

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