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fractionary, a.|ˈfrækʃənərɪ|
[f. fraction + -ary2. Cf. Fr. fractionnaire.]
a. = fractional.
b. Dealing with or carried on by fractions or fragments.
c. Tending to divide into fractions.
a.1674S. Jeake Arith. (1696) 32 But the further practise therewith must be referred to Fractionary or Contract Operations. 1847Gilfillan in Tait's Mag. XIV. 523 To discharge even a fractionary part of what would never in whole be defrayed.
b.1840Mrs. Carlyle Lett. I. 128 Fritters away my time in fractionary writing. 1847De Quincey in Tait's Mag. XIV. 666 Beyond what can be supplied by the fractionary life of petty brokerage or commerce.
c.1867Contemp. Rev. V. 154 The ‘fractionary’ ecclesiastical spirit of the African Christians has been traced in the enormous numbers of the African bishops. |