Meanings
adjectivedeviatory (comparative more deviatory, superlative most deviatory)
comparative more deviatory · superlative most deviatory
- Tending to deviate.
And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus.
1702, Samuel Parker, Tully's Five Books de Finibus
Origin
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deviatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deviatory
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“deviatory.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/deviatory. Accessed November 3, 2026.
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