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Webster 1913 Edition


Expletory

Ex′ple-to-ry

,
Adj.
Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous;
as, an
expletory
word
.
Bp. Burnet.

Definition 2024


expletory

expletory

English

Adjective

expletory (comparative more expletory, superlative most expletory)

  1. Serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous.
    an expletory word
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