ad rem

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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin ad rem (pertinent, relevant), from ad (to) + rem, accusative of res (matter).

Adjective

ad rem (not comparable)

  1. Pertinent; relevant.

Adverb

ad rem (not comparable)

  1. Pertinently; to the purpose.
    • 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: , 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC:
      , New York Review of Books 2001, p.75:
      To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

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Phrase

ad rem

  1. Pertinent; relevant.