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contractionary

contractionary adjective: tending to cause contraction.

Adjective

contractionary (comparative more contractionary, superlative most contractionary)

  1. Tending to cause contraction.
    Antonyms:
    expansionary

Antonyms of contractionary

Forms of contractionary

comparativemore contractionary
superlativemost contractionary

Origin of contractionary

From contraction + -ary.

Questions about contractionary

What does contractionary mean?
Contractionary means tending to cause contraction.
What part of speech is contractionary?
Contractionary is an adjective.

Words near contractionary in the dictionary

  1. contracting out
  2. contracting out of
  3. contractings
  4. contraction
  5. contractional
  6. contractionary
  7. contractionless
  8. contractions
  9. contractive
  10. contractivities
  11. contractivity

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