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permissory

permissory adjective: permitted, but not mandatory; optional.

Adjective

permissory (not comparable)

  1. Permitted, but not mandatory; optional.

Questions about permissory

What does permissory mean?
Permissory means permitted, but not mandatory; optional.
What part of speech is permissory?
Permissory is an adjective.

Words near permissory in the dictionary

  1. permissivism
  2. permissivist
  3. permissivists
  4. permissivities
  5. permissivity
  6. permissory
  7. permit
  8. permit nature to take her course
  9. permit nature to take its course
  10. permitable
  11. permitee

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