expletory

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adjective

Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.

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Meanings

adjectiveexpletory (comparative more expletory, superlative most expletory)

comparative more expletory · superlative most expletory

  1. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.

    an expletory word

    1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]

Synonyms & antonyms

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expletive
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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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