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inflatory

inflatory adjective: relating to, or causing, inflation; inflationary.

Adjective

inflatory (comparative more inflatory, superlative most inflatory)

  1. (rare) Relating to, or causing, inflation; inflationary.
    • A contributory circumstance lay in the fact that the monetary situation was constantly inflatory: the quantity of money in circulation far surpassed the total value of the goods available in the stores.1965, Bulletin, page 21
    • […] work conducted in the »science of metaphor« is presently so huge that an extra attempt to spell out another theory of metaphor may have an inflatory effect […]2013, Z. Radman, Metaphors: Figures of the Mind

Forms of inflatory

comparativemore inflatory
superlativemost inflatory

Questions about inflatory

What does inflatory mean?
Inflatory means relating to, or causing, inflation; inflationary.
What part of speech is inflatory?
Inflatory is an adjective.

Words near inflatory in the dictionary

  1. inflatonic
  2. inflatons
  3. inflatophilia
  4. inflator
  5. inflators
  6. inflatory
  7. inflect
  8. inflectability
  9. inflectable
  10. inflected
  11. inflectedness

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