pertinently

adverb

as in sensibly

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Recent Examples of pertinently More pertinently, while improved forecasts are to be welcomed, United will still fall further behind several rivals this season in the earnings stakes, a natural byproduct of missing out on this season’s UEFA Champions League. — Chris Weatherspoon, New York Times, 27 May 2026 In the same way characters come and go, bulletins from the outside world pop up as backdrop, with references to The Balfour Declaration and, more pertinently, the upcoming Peel Commission, which, published the following year, would open the gates to partition. — Damon Wise, Deadline, 27 Mar. 2026 Daboll was a hot coaching candidate thanks to his work as the Bills offensive coordinator — and, most pertinently, his role in developing Josh Allen. — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 15 Jan. 2026 Or, more pertinently, the huge pile of cash needed to build that name recognition and get elected to statewide office in California. — Mark Z. Barabak, Mercury News, 24 Oct. 2025 More pertinently, most trick-or-treaters (and, in some cases, their parents) expect not chocolate specifically, but candy—lots of it, and the more variety, the better. — Yasmin Tayag, The Atlantic, 7 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for pertinently
  1. sensibly
  2. relevantly
  3. meaningfully
  4. perfectly
  5. sufficiently
Adverb
  • Expansion opens white space faster than any single player can fill, and wider than any one would sensibly try to cover.
    — Charlotte Kiang, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • William Saliba — France/Arsenal (position unchanged) Gave up almost nothing to his Arsenal team-mate Gyokeres as France nonchalantly dismissed Sweden, dominating in the air and on the floor while distributing the ball sensibly.
    — Liam Twomey, New York Times, 4 July 2026
Definition of sensibly
Adverb
  • If the answer to that question is no, or more relevantly, not soon enough to satisfy investors’ expectations about the future, then the fallout in global equities could be brutal.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 19 Nov. 2025
  • The Her Smell director (and, relevantly, former Kim’s Video clerk) fully taps into his dark side for this sadistic little number about a community terrorized by a child-abducting serial killer.
    — A.A. Dowd, Vulture, 3 Oct. 2025
Definition of relevantly
Adverb
  • Ultimately, stepping into your customers' shoes can take you and your team a long way and meaningfully differentiate your company.
    — Austin Schutte, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
  • Borrowing billions of dollars will neither reduce the costs of building new homes nor meaningfully expand the supply of housing.
    — Wayne Winegarden, Oc Register, 9 July 2026
Definition of meaningfully
Adverb
  • The set up is fairly basic but perfectly presentable and for families, the functionality will be much more welcome than fancy tech, especially the small balcony/patio, dining table and kitchenette in the slightly larger rooms.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 15 July 2026
  • So, how could a raccoon, an animal that evolved over hundreds of millions of years to adapt itself perfectly to swampy forests, find such runaway success living amid the most destructive and systematically ruthless species ever to exist?
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Definition of perfectly
Adverb
  • Everything from the environments to the tasks to the specific objects being manipulated can be carefully selected to show just what’s possible if all this could be sufficiently generalized—but that generalization is not yet proven.
    — ArsTechnica, ArsTechnica, 13 July 2026
  • Manzambi scored three goals and registered two assists in four games, but missed the Colombia penalty victory with a knock and did not recover sufficiently to face Argentina.
    — Tom Burrows, New York Times, 12 July 2026
Definition of sufficiently

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