ad rem

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

ad rem (not comparable)

1. Pertinent; relevant.

ad rem (not comparable)

1. Pertinently; to the purpose.
   • 1621, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy, Oxford: Printed by Iohn Lichfield and Iames Short, for Henry Cripps, OCLC 216894069; The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd corrected and augmented edition, Oxford: Printed by John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, 1624, OCLC 54573970, (please specify |partition=1, 2, or 3):

     , New York Review of Books 2001, p.75:

     To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

• -derma, Mader, armed, dearm, derma, derma-, dream, m'dear, medar, ramed

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ad ˈrem/, [ad ˈrẽ]

ad rem

1. Pertinent; relevant.