Also †unto purpose. With relevance to the subject or point at issue. to be to (the) purpose (also †to fall to purpose): to be pertinent…

Appropriate, suitable (to a discipline, office, symptom, etc.). Obsolete.

Suitable, pertinent. Obsolete.

In general use. Bearing on or connected with the matter in hand; closely relating to the subject or point at issue; pertinent to a specified thing.

Applicable, pertinent to.

Relating or pertinent to. Obsolete.

Having relation to the question or matter in hand; pertinent, relevant. Now rare.

That strikes home; direct, to the point; effective, appropriate. Now rare except in home truth n. at compounds 2 and home thrust, n.

Pertinent, conclusive, to the point. Now rare.

Chiefly in predicative use. Relevant to what is being done or discussed, pertinent; (of an argument or point) directed to the issue, rather than the…

Capable of being applied or used in different conditions or contexts; capable of being modified… In predicative or appositional use with to, for.

to the point: apposite, apt, or pertinent.

Full of point or substance; emphatic; apposite or pertinent.