optionary

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adjective

optional

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Meanings

adjectiveoptionary (comparative more optionary, superlative most optionary)

comparative more optionary · superlative most optionary

  1. datedoptional

    The idea that giving is a mere optionary thing, to be done, or not done, as one pleases, seems to be the prevailing one at present.

    1856, The Presbyterian magazine, volume 6, page 429

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
facultativenonobligatenonobligatorynonrequisiteoptional

Origin

From option + -ary.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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