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dissuasionary

dissuasionary adjective: serving to dissuade.

Adjective

dissuasionary (comparative more dissuasionary, superlative most dissuasionary)

  1. (rare) Serving to dissuade.

Forms of dissuasionary

comparativemore dissuasionary
superlativemost dissuasionary

Origin of dissuasionary

From dissuasion + -ary.

Questions about dissuasionary

What does dissuasionary mean?
Dissuasionary means serving to dissuade.
What part of speech is dissuasionary?
Dissuasionary is an adjective.

Words near dissuasionary in the dictionary

  1. dissuaders
  2. dissuades
  3. dissuading
  4. dissuadings
  5. dissuasion
  6. dissuasionary
  7. dissuasions
  8. dissuasive
  9. dissuasively
  10. dissuasiveness
  11. dissuasives

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