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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
Example sentences :
  • 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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