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adjective as in germane
adjective as in material
adjective as in pertinent
adjective as in relevant
Strongest matches
Weak matches
- accordant
- allowable
- applicatory
- apposite
- appurtenant
- apt
- becoming
- cognate
- concerning
- conformant
- conforming
- congruent
- congruous
- consonant
- correlated
- correspondent
- fit
- fitting
- harmonious
- having direct bearing on
- having to do with
- material
- on the button
- on the nose
- pat
- pertaining to
- pointful
- referring
- relative
- right-on
- to the point
- weighty
Example Sentences
"Nihil ad rem!" cried Mr. Skinner; "it's this man I want to ask."
His plea or pretence, that he was sheltered by the superior grossness of Ariosto and La Fontaine, of Prior and of Fielding, is nihil ad rem, if it is not insincere.
But why have not those, who in later times have established the distinction between jus in re and jus ad rem, applied it to the principle of property itself?
To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?
Nihil ad rem, indeed!" hiccoughed Zatonyi, "are not we in court-martial assembled?
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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