~ (to sth) (formal) appropriate to a particular situation:
a pertinent question / fact * Please keep your comments pertinent to the topic under discussion.
pertinently adverb:
The report examines the causes of rising unemployment, and, more pertinently, offers some solutions.
pertinence noun [U]
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