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digressionary

digressionary adjective: serving as a digression.

Adjective

digressionary (not comparable)

  1. Serving as a digression.
    • a digressionary monologue in a play

Origin of digressionary

From digression + -ary.

Questions about digressionary

What does digressionary mean?
Digressionary means serving as a digression.
What part of speech is digressionary?
Digressionary is an adjective.

Words near digressionary in the dictionary

  1. digresseth
  2. digressing
  3. digressingly
  4. digression
  5. digressional
  6. digressionary
  7. digressions
  8. digressive
  9. digressively
  10. digressiveness
  11. digressory

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