The Collaborative International Dictionary
Pertinent \Per"ti*nent\, a. [L. pertinens, -entis, p. pr. of pertinere: cf. F. pertinent. See Pertain.]
Belonging or related to the subject or matter in hand; fit or appropriate in any way; adapted to the end proposed; apposite; material; relevant; as, pertinent illustrations or arguments; pertinent evidence.
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Regarding; concerning; belonging; pertaining. [R.] ``Pertinent unto faith.''
--Hooker.Syn: Apposite; relevant; suitable; appropriate; fit. [1913 Webster] -- Per"ti*nent*ly, adv. -- Per"ti*nent*ness, n.
Wiktionary
adv. In a pertinent manner; relevantly.
WordNet
adv. in a pertinent way; "what is singular about his use of them is that no other artist, of his time or any other, has painted them so directly, intimately and pertinently"
Usage examples of "pertinently".
General Butler very pertinently replied that this only placed him nearer their level, as Jefferson Davis and all associated with him in the Rebel Government had been outlawed by the proclamation of President Lincoln.
Much natural agreeableness and acuteness are likewise necessary in a Cynic (otherwise he becomes a mere driveller, and nothing else), that he may be able to give an answer readily and pertinently upon every occasion.
Therefore those impediments apply even more pertinently to the case of those who are bewitched.