germane

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But it's -- germane to the point I'm trying to make here.

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  1. adjective Being both pertinent and fitting. See Synonyms at relevant.

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  • Only one thing was germane, and it was standing at the bar near the spittoon, drinking a long cold drink. —  Mortal Causes
  • But it's -- germane to the point I'm trying to make here. —  CNN Transcript Jul 27, 2002
  • There is -- germane to what Harold was just talking about, there was a poll today, or yesterday rather, among teenagers in which they were talking about who would they vote for as president if we got rid of the monarchy. —  CNN Transcript Jun 20, 2002
  • The "worked-up" anecdotal dialogue of his parents and others reads like inventions based on what are really family sayings — whose origin is germane, a whole view of life rather than a response to a single happening. —  The Child Is the Man
  • He could hear his spurs as he moved around some. —  Wait For The Sunrise
 

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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English germain, having the same parents, closely connected; see german2.

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  1. Formerly also germain; the same as german, q. v., but directly from Latin germanus, akin: see german.
 

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/dʒərˈmeɪn/
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