apropos of nothing
Without any context
Apropos of nothing introduces a remark unconnected to what came before—a deliberate non sequitur: Apropos of nothing, have you ever been to Finland?
The phrase signals that the speaker knows the comment lacks context but is saying it anyway.
It can also introduce something the speaker has been waiting to mention: Apropos of nothing, I got the job.
- irrelevantNot pertinent
- non sequiturIllogical conclusion or remark
- out of left fieldWholly unanticipated and startling
- disconnectedSeparated from a source
- randomOccurring without pattern
digression · tangential · parenthetical · free association · stream of consciousness · unrelated · aside · sudden · arbitrary · off the cuff · disjointed · extraneous · out of the blue · interjection · spontaneous · off-topic · left turn · meandering
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Fitting the context
pertinently · relevantly · on that note · speaking of which · relatedly
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As a result
therefore · as a result · accordingly · hence · thus
apropos of nothingconsequently
As a result
therefore · as a result · that said · as I was saying · furthermore
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