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circumnavigatory

circumnavigatory adjective: pertaining to circumnavigation.

Adjective

circumnavigatory (comparative more circumnavigatory, superlative most circumnavigatory)

  1. pertaining to circumnavigation

Forms of circumnavigatory

comparativemore circumnavigatory
superlativemost circumnavigatory

Origin of circumnavigatory

From circumnavigate + -ory.

Questions about circumnavigatory

What does circumnavigatory mean?
Circumnavigatory means pertaining to circumnavigation.
What part of speech is circumnavigatory?
Circumnavigatory is an adjective.

Words near circumnavigatory in the dictionary

  1. circumnavigational
  2. circumnavigationally
  3. circumnavigations
  4. circumnavigator
  5. circumnavigators
  6. circumnavigatory
  7. circumnebular
  8. circumneutral
  9. circumnuclear
  10. circumnutate
  11. circumnutated

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