Definition of Additory

1. a. Tending to add; making some addition.

Definition of Additory

1. Adjective. (rare) Tending to add; making some addition. - John Arbuthnot ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Additory

1. making an addition [adj]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Additory

addititious
additive
additive effect
additive function
additive group
additive identity
additive inverse
additive model
additive operation
additive operations
additively
additiveness
additives
additivities
additivity
additory (current term)
additur
additurs
addle
addle-brain
addle-head
addle-patedness
addle pate
addle pates
addlebrained
addled
addlehead
addleness
addlepated
addlepatedness

Literary usage of Additory

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. P. Terenti Afri Comoediae: the comedies of Terence by Terence, Sidney Gillespie Ashmore (1910)
"1011. etiam : the additory force is weakened to the point of being untranslatable, except by a vocal stress upon the modified word (primo) ; "and yet I ..."

2. The Life and Works of John Arbuthnot, M.D.: Fellow of the Royal College of by George Atherton Aitken, John Arbuthnot (1892)
"... the additory, and the translatory. The additory gives to a great man a larger share of reputation than ..."

3. Literary Pamphlets Chiefly Relating to Poetry from Sidney to Byron by Ernest Rhys (1897)
"The additory gives to a great man a larger share of reputation than belongs to him, to enable him to serve some good end or purpose. ..."

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