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expletory

expletory adjective: serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.

Adjective

expletory (comparative more expletory, superlative most expletory)

  1. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
    • an expletory word1679–1715, Gilbert Burnet, “(please specify the page)”, in The History of the Reformation of the Church of England., London: […] T[homas] H[odgkin] for Richard Chiswell, […]

Forms of expletory

comparativemore expletory
superlativemost expletory

Words formed from expletory

  • expletory justice

Questions about expletory

What does expletory mean?
Expletory means serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
What part of speech is expletory?
Expletory is an adjective.

Words near expletory in the dictionary

  1. expletively
  2. expletiveness
  3. expletives
  4. expletives deleted
  5. expletivity
  6. expletory
  7. explicabilities
  8. explicability
  9. explicable
  10. explicableness
  11. explicably

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