1. referring to or mentioning something briefly
Usage: present participle of ‘advert’; formal

Examples

• The professor was adverting to the previous lecture’s main points.
• She kept adverting to her childhood memories during the interview.
• The speaker was adverting to recent developments in the field.
• Without adverting to specific names, he discussed the controversy.
• The article keeps adverting to the same statistical data.
• He was adverting to classical literature throughout his speech.