doctory

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adjective

Resembling or characteristic of a doctor.

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doctorlikedoctorly
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Meanings

adjectivedoctory (comparative more doctory, superlative most doctory)

comparative more doctory · superlative most doctory

  1. informalResembling or characteristic of a doctor.

    Common folks are just men, except when they are your fathers; but ministers and doctors are men and something else, and Doctor Miller was more doctory than any other doctor in town.

    1920, Ellis Parker Butler, Swatty: A Story of Real Boys, page 178

    Synonyms: doctorlike, doctorly

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveResembling or characteristic of a doctor.

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doctorlikedoctorly

Origin

From doctor + -y.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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