pertinently
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6.2
- adverb
- /ˈpɜrtɪnəntli/
- Formal
:
pertinentemente
- The speaker addressed the issue pertinently, connecting it to the audience's concerns.
- more pertinently
Examples
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The teacher replied that such was handled by the Bill of Rights and, most pertinently, the 5th Amendment.
Blog text (19) -
Most pertinently, it is also the strategy the U.S. has used for years in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Academic text (2009) -
Or, more pertinently, if there is such a place as Africa.
Academic text (1991) -
More pertinently, those offices are in a better position to deal with incidents in a much more sensitive manner.
Blog text (10) -
Witness the history of socialism, or, more pertinently, the history of environmentalism.
Academic text (2004) -
More pertinently today, can you trade in complex derivatives that risk destabilizing the whole system?
Blog text (11) -
How our globalized world came to be is an epic and tragic tale, as Wolf makes pertinently clear.
Academic text (2008) -
Most pertinently, of the three quarters who ranked mosquitoes as a big problem, the majority were rural dwellers.
Academic text (2009) -
This view is supported by Hannagan (1995:277), who remarks pertinently that there is no simple explanation of communication.
Academic text (1997) -
As I've said, Viktor and Yuri have much in common: most pertinently, a talent for self-deception.
Fiction book (2001)
Synonyms
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3.9
In a way that is right for the situation
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5.4
In a way that relates to the topic being discussed
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4.6
About a particular subject
In a way that suits the situation
In a way that is right for the situation
Antonyms
How Relevant
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Pertinently comes from Latin parts per- 'through' and tenere 'to hold', the same root you see in retain and contain. So to speak pertinently is to say something that 'holds' to the subject, which is why it means 'relevant' or 'appropriate'.