additory

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adjective

Tending to add; making some addition.

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Meanings

adjectiveadditory (comparative more additory, superlative most additory)

comparative more additory · superlative most additory

  1. rareTending to add; making some addition.

    The additory fiction gives to a great man a larger share of reputation than belongs to him, to enable him to serve some good end or purpose.

    1713, John Arbuthnot, The Art of Political Lying
Cite this entry
APA

additory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/additory

MLA

“additory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/additory. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “additory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/additory.

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