deductory

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adjective

deductive; involving deduction

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Meanings

adjectivedeductory (comparative more deductory, superlative most deductory)

comparative more deductory · superlative most deductory

  1. obsoletedeductive; involving deduction

    Geology (like astronomy) is partly a deductory science, made up of constantly recurring discoveries, which give birth to new phases of thought; […]

    1871, William Bassett Walker, Cyclical Deluges, page 106
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