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Synonyms for pertinence
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : pur-tn-uhnt |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɜr tn ənt |
Définition of pertinence
Origin :- 1650s, from French pertenance or formed in English from pertinent + -ence.
- noun consistency
- This remark has no pertinence or meaning in Rosaline's mouth.
- Extract from : « The Man Shakespeare » by Frank Harris
- Such directions have no pertinence, if addressed to human chattels.
- Extract from : « The Slavery Question » by John Lawrence
- But there was pertinence in the young woman's question; where was he going, indeed?
- Extract from : « Idolatry » by Julian Hawthorne
- So soon as such proposals had become law, it was asked with some pertinence: where were these huge wheels to come from?
- Extract from : « Carriages & Coaches » by Ralph Straus
- Although he mentions a publisher's catalogue (which he has not seen), he seems doubtful about its pertinence to the task.
- Extract from : « A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies » by Archer Taylor
- Its pertinence to a bibliography of bibliographies seems debatable to me.
- Extract from : « A History of Bibliographies of Bibliographies » by Archer Taylor
- The reader of his articles, political or social, cannot fail to be struck with the pertinence of his quotations and illustrations.
- Extract from : « Hugh Miller » by William Keith Leask
- It is one of her oddities to have a fool for a companion; but this is one of them that has also most pertinence and wisdom.
- Extract from : « The Life of Charles Dickens, Vol. I-III, Complete » by John Forster
- His poem would then lose its pertinence to our lives and personal convictions; it would not lose its imaginative grandeur.
- Extract from : « Three Philosophical Poets » by George Santayana
- The pertinence of this maxim to land purchase is proved by the reports of the Estates Commissioners.
- Extract from : « Against Home Rule (1912) » by Various
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