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ˈinnoˌvatory, a. [f. as innovate + -ory.] Of innovating character or tendency.
1853E. S. Sheppard Ch. Auchester I. 251 So utterly would they have been spurned as innovatory. 1856Chamb. Jrnl. VI. 401 Inveterate conservatives they are, despising all innovatory ideas. 1868Philatelist II. 74 Modern innovatory improvements. 1965Listener 23 Sept. 464/1 In these with-it days of innovatory cinematic trends. 1967J. A. Allen Sci. Innovation & Industr. Prosperity ii. 25 There has been little deliberate innovatory effort over a long period. 1971Nature 2 Apr. 301/3 Historians have been so impressed by the innovatory nature of modern science. 1972Physics Bull. Mar. 151/2 Remembering that the major innovatory phase took place before 1939, most of this gain has resulted from sustained research and development by physicists. |