What does the word germane mean?
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Part of speech: adjective
Part of speech: adjective
Usage examples for germane
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Mr Edward Newman, while guarding the subject with a philosophical caveat, furnishes his readers with the following highly interesting and germane statement:- 1st, My late lamented friend, William Christy, jun. – The Romance of Natural History, Second Series by Philip Henry Gosse
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That masculine vigour and manly persistence under difficulty in maintaining what he believes to be right and true is not germane to the Hindu character. – India’s Problem Krishna or Christ by John P. Jones
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In conversation he was abrupt and somewhat peculiar, apparently regarding all other talk than that relating to mechanics and germane subjects as a waste of words. – Inventors by Philip Gengembre Hubert