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petitionarily

petitionarily adverb: by way of petition.

Adverb

petitionarily (comparative more petitionarily, superlative most petitionarily)

  1. (archaic) By way of petition
    • But this doth but petitionarily infer a dextrality in the heavens, and we may as reasonably conclude a right and left laterality in the ark or naval edifice of Noah.1650, Thomas Browne, Pseudodoxia Epidemica: […], 2nd edition, London: […] A[braham] Miller, for Edw[ard] Dod and Nath[aniel] Ekins, […], →OCLC

Forms of petitionarily

comparativemore petitionarily
superlativemost petitionarily

Origin of petitionarily

From petitionary + -ly.

Questions about petitionarily

What does petitionarily mean?
Petitionarily means by way of petition.
What part of speech is petitionarily?
Petitionarily is an adverb.

Words near petitionarily in the dictionary

  1. petitio principii
  2. petition
  3. petition of right
  4. petitionable
  5. petitional
  6. petitionarily
  7. petitionary
  8. petitioned
  9. petitionee
  10. petitionees
  11. petitioner

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