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ad rem

[ ad rem; Latin ahd rem ]

adjective

  1. relevant; pertinent:

    an ad rem remark.



adverb

  1. without digressing; in a straightforward manner:

    to reply ad rem.

ad rem

/ æd ˈrɛm /

adjective

  1. to the point; without digression Compare ad hominem

    to reply ad rem

    an ad rem discussion

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of ad rem1

< Latin: literally, to the matter
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Fiddlesticks! it's nothing ad rem, I tell you!

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His plea or pretence, that he was sheltered by the superior grossness of Ariosto and La Fontaine, of Prior and of Fielding, is nihil ad rem, if it is not insincere.

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Thus the right of the partners to a marriage over each other's person is the jus in re; that of two who are betrothed is only the jus ad rem.

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To speak ad rem, who is free from passion?

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"Nihil ad rem!" cried Mr. Skinner; "it's this man I want to ask."

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