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optionary

optionary adjective: optional.

Adjective

optionary (comparative more optionary, superlative most optionary)

  1. (dated) optional
    • The idea that giving is a mere optionary thing, to be done, or not done, as one pleases, seems to be the prevailing one at present.1856, The Presbyterian magazine, volume 6, page 429

Forms of optionary

comparativemore optionary
superlativemost optionary

Origin of optionary

From option + -ary.

Questions about optionary

What does optionary mean?
Optionary means optional.
What part of speech is optionary?
Optionary is an adjective.

Words near optionary in the dictionary

  1. optionalizing
  2. optionally
  3. optionally piloted vehicle
  4. optionally piloted vehicles
  5. optionals
  6. optionary
  7. optioned
  8. optionee
  9. optioneering
  10. optionees
  11. optioner

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