Stosowne

Stosowne is a Polish adjective meaning appropriate, proper, or due, used to describe actions, measures, explanations, or information that are fitting to the circumstances or required by rules. It is commonly found in formal or administrative language, including legal texts, policy documents, and official communications. The noun form related to the concept is stosowność, meaning propriety or suitability.

Grammatically, stosowne is the form that agrees with the noun it modifies, derived from the base adjective stosowny. Like other Polish adjectives, it changes with gender, number, and case to match the noun in a sentence. In everyday writing and speech, stosowne is most often paired with nouns that denote actions, measures, documents, or explanations.

Usage and examples are typically found in formal contexts. Common collocations include stosowne środki (appropriate measures), stosowne kroki (appropriate steps), stosowne wyjaśnienie (appropriate explanation), and stosowne informacje (relevant information). The phrase stosownie do is also used to indicate accordance with rules or provisions, as in stosownie do art. 10 ustawy (in accordance with Article 10 of the Act).

Translations of stosowne include appropriate, proper, fitting, or due, depending on the context. Related terms include the synonyms odpowiedni and właściwy, and the antonyms niewłaściwy or nieadekwatny. The word tends to appear more in formal written Polish than in casual speech.