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commentatory

commentatory adjective: of or relating to a commentary.

Adjective

commentatory (comparative more commentatory, superlative most commentatory)

  1. of or relating to a commentary
    • It is a thoughtless scattering of acceptable words and is as unlike the review conceived as a portrait as is the hostile kind of commentatory review which I have been discussing.1921, Robert Lynd, The Art of Letters
    • The latter has a commentatory letter to this end, from Gen. Jackson, dated the 19th of March, which denotes an interest on this topic that argues favorably of his views of moral things. "1851, Henry Rowe Schoolcraft, Personal Memoirs Of A Residence Of Thirty Years With The Indian Tribes On The American Frontiers

Forms of commentatory

comparativemore commentatory
superlativemost commentatory

Questions about commentatory

What does commentatory mean?
Commentatory means of or relating to a commentary.
What part of speech is commentatory?
Commentatory is an adjective.

Words near commentatory in the dictionary

  1. commentator's curse
  2. commentatorial
  3. commentatorially
  4. commentators
  5. commentatorship
  6. commentatory
  7. commentatour
  8. commentatours
  9. commentatress
  10. commentatresses
  11. commentatrix

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