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Synonyms for germane
Grammar : Adj |
Spell : jer-meyn |
Phonetic Transcription : dʒərˈmeɪn |
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Définition of germane
Origin :- mid-14c., "having the same parents," derived from german (adj.); cf. human/humane, urban/urbane. Main modern sense of "closely connected, relevant" (c.1600) derives from use in "Hamlet" Act V, Scene ii: "The phrase would bee more Germaine to the matter: If we could carry Cannon by our sides," which is a figurative use of the word in the now-obsolete sense of "closely related, akin" (late 15c.) in reference to things, not persons.
- adj appropriate
- We shall borrow some hints from it, germane to our present theme.
- Extract from : « The Physical Life of Woman: » by Dr. George H Napheys
- Some were germane to the matter in hand and some seemed to strike wide of all mark.
- Extract from : « That Affair Next Door » by Anna Katharine Green
- To do so would be to treat the creatures by a law not germane to their nature.
- Extract from : « The Doctrines of Predestination, Reprobation, and Election » by Robert Wallace
- But the address is consecutive and germane to the occasion throughout.
- Extract from : « The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Galatians » by G. G. Findlay
- And you will—you won't say things—I mean things not germane to the subject?
- Extract from : « The Adventures of a Modest Man » by Robert W. Chambers
- I have introduced this point here because it is most fair and most germane.
- Extract from : « Our Railroads To-Morrow » by Edward Hungerford
- No paltry little anecdote or incident, germane or not, is too contemptible for him.
- Extract from : « An Ocean Tramp » by William McFee
- "This woman has been sent to keep house for Maildun," said Germane.
- Extract from : « Old Celtic Romances » by Unknown
- "This woman has certainly been sent to keep house for Maildun," said Germane.
- Extract from : « Old Celtic Romances » by Unknown
- My experiences of this city are not, however, germane to this narrative.
- Extract from : « I Walked in Arden » by Jack Crawford
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