Used for choices, actions, words, or measures that fit the situation well. Often implies a considered judgment about what is right or fitting.
Please choose words appropriate for this occasion.
適切な対応を取ることが大切だ。
It is important to take appropriate measures.
It's important to respond appropriately when a problem occurs.
You need to choose appropriate words depending on the situation.
The doctor took the appropriate measures.
The remark was criticized for lacking appropriateness.
適切 means 'appropriate' in the sense of being correct or fitting for a purpose, while 相当 emphasizes proportionality or being deserved/suitable in degree.
適切 stresses objective correctness or fitness for a purpose, while 相応 stresses fittingness for a person's status or situation.
適切 is the everyday, general word for 'appropriate,' while 適宜 specifically means doing something in a suitable manner as the situation or need dictates, often in formal instructions.
適切 means fitting for a particular situation, whereas 穏当 implies a balanced, non-controversial quality regardless of situation.
適切 focuses on whether something is appropriate or suitable to the situation, while 望ましい focuses on whether it is the recommended or hoped-for option.
適切 means simply 'appropriate' or 'fitting' without implying it is the single best option, while 最適 specifically means 'the optimal one'.
適切 means 'appropriate' for a situation, while 正しい focuses on being factually or morally correct rather than merely fitting.
適切 is a na-adjective describing an action or measure as appropriate, while 適する is a verb describing a thing's or condition's suitability for a purpose.