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Definition: ILLUSTRATORY

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Serving to illustrate.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb illustratorily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(illustratorily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective illustratory.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "Illustratory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)

Definition: ILLUSTRATORY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Serving to illustrate.[Websters]
2. Rarely used base adjective of the adverb illustratorily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(illustratorily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective illustratory.[Eve - graph theoretic]

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license.

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Date "ILLUSTRATORY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1914. (references)