Die woordeboekdefinisie van "pertinent" is: relevant of van toepassing op 'n bepaalde saak; wat direk en beduidend verband hou met die saak ter sprake.
1. Lest I cast aspersions on a family you have yet to even meet, I shall move on to more pertinent information.
2. He had, in the process, developed, much like a bodybuilder does his biceps, the pertinent parts of his brain responsible for their mass produc-tion.
3. She should keep her questions pertinent, focused on the case.
4. Although the Birkley and Morris babies were four weeks old, a wider picture might reveal something pertinent.
5. After a painfully long and deliberate delay, she proceeded in the calm, unhurried manner of the elves, for whom time never seemed a pertinent issue.
6. Nor did the scout fail to throw in a pertinent inquiry, whenever a fitting occasion presented.
7. I should not obtrude my affairs so much on the notice of my readers if very particular inquiries had not been made by my townsmen concerning my mode of life, which some would call impertinent, though they do not appear to me at all impertinent, but, considering the circumstances, very natural and pertinent.
8. And, given the gravity of the charges, must be followed to a complete conclusion which requires, no demands, admission of all pertinent facts no matter how difficult those facts are to obtain.