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. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Adjective : pertinent details. From Dictionary.com.
Or, more pertinently, is there a game genre that could have pulled it off, successfully and tastefully?. From Wordnik.com. [Suttree » Casual Games, Social Software » Let’s play a game of Kes] Reference
Committee, in his opening address, pertinently said. From Wordnik.com. [The Life, Public Services and Select Speeches of Rutherford B. Hayes] Reference
"The Sphinx was a lady," objected Herrick pertinently. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
But a few general remarks may be pertinently made here. From Wordnik.com. [Problems of Conduct] Reference
And most pertinently, one of those items was the following. From Wordnik.com. [CNN Transcript Feb 3, 2003] Reference
Debate very pertinently observed that he would as soon enter into. From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 3, 1918] Reference
He was asked pertinently if he was "Q", and once again denied it. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
But, more pertinently, it's also a gross betrayal of the British people. From Wordnik.com. [Gordon Brown, Charlie Whelan and Me] Reference
And pertinently the income which follows, as surely as night follows day. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
"Has thy Dorothy forsaken thee, then, Sir George?" asked Crowleigh pertinently. From Wordnik.com. [Heiress of Haddon] Reference
And pertinently, no terrorists who will kill random citizens with zero remorse. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
And perhaps more pertinently, will it be his own generals who finally push him out?. From Wordnik.com. [Mugabe’s Generals] Reference
She was amused when I told her what I had heard of her, and remarked, quite pertinently. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua] Reference
The prophet Amos exclaims most pertinently, "Can two walk together unless they be agreed?". From Wordnik.com. [The Theology of Holiness] Reference
"It won't do," he pertinently said, "to bite your nose off to be revenged on your tongue.". From Wordnik.com. [Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine — Volume 53, No. 328, February, 1843] Reference
Seven such blocks, Mr. Halliday pertinently remarks, would contain more people than the city of. From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 05, No. 27, January, 1860] Reference
But, as has been pertinently asked, 'How does he know that the earth is solid on which he builds?'. From Wordnik.com. [Christianity and Ethics A Handbook of Christian Ethics] Reference
He predicted the leaders of parties would from now on be "more pertinently involved in negotiations". From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
Paper - should focus more pertinently on priorities, which should be linked to realistic time scales. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
One may pertinently ask why the newspapers lend themselves to such infamous and dishonorable dealings. From Wordnik.com. [The Eugenic Marriage, Vol. 3 (of 4) A Personal Guide to the New Science of Better Living and Better Babies] Reference
"For who," as it was sometimes pertinently asked, "would charge anything for a poor little innocent child?". From Wordnik.com. [The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 12, No. 71, September, 1863] Reference
"Then what's the meaning of that?" asked Ann pertinently, pointing to the bathing suit he carried on his arm. From Wordnik.com. [The Vision of Desire] Reference
More pertinently, perhaps, she appeared not to know it, and throughout glanced nervously at an awkwardly placed score. From Wordnik.com. [Prom 51: Swedish CO/Dausgaard] Reference
He said the process was started by Erwin when he made it pertinently clear economic growth can only take place in South. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
We (or more pertinently the Americans) should admit that the whole invasion thing was a well meaning mistake from the start. From Wordnik.com. [John Terry’s sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...] Reference
And more pertinently, why there was no attempt to disarm the IFP bands before the Johannesburg march was allowed to proceed. From Wordnik.com. [IFP ATTACK ON SHELL HOUSE, JOHANNESBURG] Reference
Just as pertinently may you ask, whether that is not a good system of servitude, which is found in some of our state prisons. From Wordnik.com. [The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Part 1 of 4] Reference
More pertinently, the A.N.C. has governed South Africa over the last 14 years under the banner of a fine old African tradition. From Wordnik.com. [Why South Africa Won't Stop Mugabe: Jonny Steinberg] Reference
They know inside out the genesis and development of Barack Obama's political ideology and - most pertinently here - his methodology. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
More pertinently, anyone who reads the reports of the original trial can guess that the police eventually dismissed the affair as a nonsense. From Wordnik.com. [Twitter and terrifying tale of modern Britain] Reference
Since p implied not-q, I sloppily assumed that not-q implied r (with, you understand, r being taken as the class of phenomena pertinently favorable to me). From Wordnik.com. [The Day of the Boomer Dukes] Reference
And more pertinently, England dropped Beckham in August 2006 in an effort to renew the team with younger players after a quarterfinal exit at that year's World Cup. From Wordnik.com. [David Beckham No Longer Wanted By National Team Coach] Reference
The next historical question, which Miss Grimké's drama raises, was pertinently put to the present writer: "Was an educated, high-toned man like Loving ever lynched?". From Wordnik.com. [The Journal of Negro History, Volume 6, 1921] Reference
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