pertinent.

Directly relevant to the issue being considered.

Use it for

Words that belong together

• pertinent question
• pertinent evidence

On the page

The reviewer asked a pertinent question about who had been excluded from the sample.

Only evidence pertinent to the disputed period was included in the comparison.

Usage notes

Primary category: academic / formal. Forms: Comparative more pertinent; superlative most pertinent where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings. Established modern English lexical item. No separate regional spelling or grammatical inflection entry. Writing functions: analysis, comparison, evaluation. Disciplines: argumentation, textual analysis. Commonness: moderately common.