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lacunary

lacunary adjective: of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.

Adjective

lacunary (comparative more lacunary, superlative most lacunary)

  1. Of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.

Forms of lacunary

comparativemore lacunary
superlativemost lacunary

Origin of lacunary

From lacuna + -ary.

Words formed from lacunary

Questions about lacunary

What does lacunary mean?
Lacunary means of, pertaining to, or having characteristics of a lacuna.
What part of speech is lacunary?
Lacunary is an adjective.

Words near lacunary in the dictionary

  1. lacunar
  2. lacunaria
  3. lacunarities
  4. lacunarity
  5. lacunars
  6. lacunary
  7. lacunary function
  8. lacunary series
  9. lacunas
  10. lacunate
  11. lacune

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