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  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Pertinent  \Per"ti*nent\,  a.  [L.  pertinens,  -entis,  p.  pr  of 
  pertinere:  cf  F.  pertinent.  See  {Pertain}.] 
  1.  Belonging  or  related  to  the  subject  or  matter  in  hand;  fit 
  or  appropriate  in  any  way  adapted  to  the  end  proposed; 
  apposite;  material;  relevant;  as  pertinent  illustrations 
  or  arguments;  pertinent  evidence. 
 
  2.  Regarding;  concerning;  belonging;  pertaining.  [R.] 
  ``Pertinent  unto  faith.''  --Hooker. 
 
  Syn:  Apposite;  relevant;  suitable;  appropriate;  fit  -- 
  {Per"ti*nent*ly},  adv  --  {Per"ti*nent*ness},  n. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  pertinently 
  adv  :  in  a  pertinent  way  "what  is  singular  about  his  use  of  them 
  is  that  no  other  artist,  of  his  time  or  any  other  has 
  painted  them  so  directly,  intimately  and  pertinently" 




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