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deductory

deductory adjective: deductive; involving deduction.

Adjective

deductory (comparative more deductory, superlative most deductory)

  1. (obsolete) deductive; involving deduction
    • Geology (like astronomy) is partly a deductory science, made up of constantly recurring discoveries, which give birth to new phases of thought; […]1871, William Bassett Walker, Cyclical Deluges, page 106

Forms of deductory

comparativemore deductory
superlativemost deductory

Questions about deductory

What does deductory mean?
Deductory means deductive; involving deduction.
What part of speech is deductory?
Deductory is an adjective.

Words near deductory in the dictionary

  1. deductivistic
  2. deductivistically
  3. deductivists
  4. deductor
  5. deductors
  6. deductory
  7. deducts
  8. dedup
  9. dedupe
  10. deduped
  11. deduper

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