substitutionary

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adjective

Of or relating to substitution or replacement.

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Meanings

adjectivesubstitutionary (comparative more substitutionary, superlative most substitutionary)

comparative more substitutionary · superlative most substitutionary

  1. Of or relating to substitution or replacement.

    I did not perceive that his irony, his secret, and his parade of feeling, were all alike theatrical, and substitutionary for real interest and sincerity.

    1820, [Charles Robert Maturin], Melmoth the Wanderer: A Tale. […], volume I, Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Company, and Hurst, Robinson, and Co., […], →OCLC, page 209

Origin

From substitution + -ary.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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