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Definition
having logical relevance to the matter at hand
- —Most pertinent question, the professor said between his chews.Episode 7 — Aeolus (26% in)
- It is interesting because, as he pertinently remarks, we are all born in the same way but we all die in different ways.Episode 14 — Oxen Of The Sun (77% in)
- At this pertinent suggestion Mr Bloom, to change the subject, looked down but in a quandary, as he couldn't tell exactly what construction to put on belongs to which sounded rather a far cry.Episode 16 — Eumaeus (61% in)
There are no more uses of "pertinent" in Ulysses by James Joyce.
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