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Definition: MODIFICATORY

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Tending or serving to modify; modifying.[Websters]
2. Being restrictive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb modificatorily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(modificatorily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective modificatory.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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

Definition: MODIFICATORY

Part of SpeechDefinition
Adjective1. Tending or serving to modify; modifying.[Websters]
2. Being restrictive. [Eve - graph theoretic]
3. Virtually never used base adjective of the rarely used adverb modificatorily.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Adverb Form
(modificatorily)
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the rarely used adjective modificatory.[Eve - graph theoretic]

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

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