| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word.[Websters]
2. Being supplemental. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb expletorily.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (expletorily) | 1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective expletory.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. | Top | |
Date "EXPLETORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1823. (references) |
