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Definition of the day : « pertinency »

  • noun relevance
Example sentences :
  • The preaching was the more effective for its playfulness, point, strength, pertinency.
  • Extract from : « Concord Days » by A. Bronson Alcott
  • And has that counsel no pertinency for the Christian believers of our own time?
  • Extract from : « The Whole Armour of God » by John Henry Jowett
  • The pertinency of such and other questions cannot be doubted.
  • Extract from : « An Interpretation of Rudolf Eucken's Philosophy » by W. Tudor Jones
  • It was necessary to explain the two first lines, the better to see the pertinency and force of what followeth, from ver.
  • Extract from : « The Works of Alexander Pope, Volume 2 (of 10) » by Alexander Pope
  • He has glanced through many volumes for similes and quotations of pertinency.
  • Extract from : « Courts and Criminals » by Arthur Train
  • By the range of his humour, the pertinency of his observation, and the vigour of his expression he awoke immediate attention.
  • Extract from : « Mark Twain » by Archibald Henderson
  • At the same, time it should be observed, that their pertinency as proofs remains unaltered.
  • Extract from : « Modern Skepticism » by C. J. Ellicott
  • What pertinency can it have to the issue now submitted to you for your decision?
  • Extract from : « Assassination of Lincoln: a History of the Great Conspiracy » by Thomas Mealey Harris
  • The argument of "the safe side" would have no pertinency, even with the imbecile, if man were immortal.
  • Extract from : « Flowers of Freethought » by George W. Foote
  • The courtiers address him; his answers surprise by their pertinency and depth: at length he is brought to the King.
  • Extract from : « Sartor Resartus, and On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History » by Thomas Carlyle