Meanings
adjectivedenotatory (not comparable)
- not comparableServing to denote.
That being so, it is hardly possible to avoid the feeling that 'High tide' and 'the heron dived' also have symbolic connotations in addition to their denotatory meaning.
1982, Allan Rodway, The Craft of Criticism, page 22
Origin
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APA
denotatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denotatory
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“denotatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denotatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “denotatory,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/denotatory.
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