demonstratory

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adjective

Serving to demonstrate something.

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Meanings

adjectivedemonstratory (comparative more demonstratory, superlative most demonstratory)

comparative more demonstratory · superlative most demonstratory

  1. Serving to demonstrate something.

    But Lamartine also perceived clearly that this demonstratory review, exaggerated and altered by the clubs, and especially by the Blanqui club, overshot the mark which appeared to him to have been assigned by its organizers.

    1854, Alphonse de Lamartine, History of the French Revolution of 1848, volumes 1-2, page 118

Origin

From demonstrate + -ory.

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APA

demonstratory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demonstratory

MLA

“demonstratory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demonstratory. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “demonstratory,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/demonstratory.

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