pertinence
noun
the fact or quality of being directly and significantly related to the matter at hand; relevance.
pertinency
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a variation of
pertinence.
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a word derived from
pertinent.
pertinentadjectivepertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant.
Example Sentences
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It would result in revealing “the identities of all of Plaintiff’s clients, contractors and vendors, most of whom have zero relevance or pertinency to HSPCI’s ‘Russia investigation.’”
From Washington Times ● Oct. 22, 2017
The criteria for talk should be appropriateness and pertinency.
From Time Magazine Archive
The song's lack of variety was balanced by its peculiar pertinency; the President had left Rapid City the night before, suffering from indigestion but had now recovered.
From Time Magazine Archive
In this case the members of the House by special rule limited themselves to half an hour in the delivery of their speeches, which were consequently marked by great pertinency and condensation.
From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
Any philosophy which annihilates the validity of the reference by explaining away its objects or translating them into terms of no emotional pertinency, leaves the mind with little to care or act for.
From The Will to Believe : and Other Essays in Popular Philosophy by William James
