questionary

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UK/ˈkwɛstʃən(ə)ɹi/US/ˈkwɛst͡ʃənɛɹi/

noun

A questionnaire.

“August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift […] And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long.”

Scrabble 23

Meanings

nounquestionary (plural questionaries)

plural questionaries · alternative quæstionary

  1. A list of questions; a text comprising a set of questions.

    In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.

    1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180
  2. archaicOne who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
adjectivequestionary (comparative more questionary, superlative most questionary)

comparative more questionary · superlative most questionary · alternative quæstionary

  1. Inquiring; asking questions; testing.

    August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift […] And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long.

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Frenchquestionnaire
  2. Englishquestionary

Either from French questionnaire or formed in English from question + -ary.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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