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emulatory

emulatory adjective: pertaining to emulation or rivalry.

Adjective

emulatory (not comparable)

  1. Pertaining to emulation or rivalry.
    • emulatory officiousness1613, Joseph Hall, A Farewell Sermon

Origin of emulatory

From emulate + -ory.

Questions about emulatory

What does emulatory mean?
Emulatory means pertaining to emulation or rivalry.
What part of speech is emulatory?
Emulatory is an adjective.

Words near emulatory in the dictionary

  1. emulations
  2. emulative
  3. emulatively
  4. emulator
  5. emulators
  6. emulatory
  7. emulatress
  8. emulatresses
  9. emulatrix
  10. emule
  11. emuled

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