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exhibitory

exhibitory adjective: exhibiting; publicly showing.

Adjective

exhibitory (not comparable)

  1. exhibiting; publicly showing
    • In an exhibitory bill, or schedule, of expences for their removal this year, as it seems, mention is made of carrying the clock from the college-hall to Garsington-house1780, Thomas Warton, The Life of Sir Thomas Pope
    • The dauntless courage and perseverance of Mr. Brookman were gloriously rewarded, and he became at once the mining celebrity of the hour. Promises, congratulations, and all manner of exhibitory tokens of enthusiastic joy were showered upon him.1897, Warren Bert Kimberly, History of West Australia, William Gordon Brookman
  2. of or relating to exhibits

Origin of exhibitory

Latin exhibitorius relating to giving up: compare French exhibitoire exhibiting.

Questions about exhibitory

What does exhibitory mean?
Exhibitory means exhibiting; publicly showing.
What part of speech is exhibitory?
Exhibitory is an adjective.

Words near exhibitory in the dictionary

  1. exhibitor
  2. exhibitorial
  3. exhibitors
  4. exhibitorship
  5. exhibitorships
  6. exhibitory
  7. exhibitry
  8. exhibits
  9. exhibs
  10. exhilarant
  11. exhilarants

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