additionaryadj.
/əˈdɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /əˈdɪʃəˌnɛri/ rare.
Additional, supplementary.
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a1633 G. Herbert Priest to Temple (1652) xxxi. 128 Now it so happens, that the godly petitioner upon some emergent interruption in the day, or by oversleeping himself at night, omits his additionary prayer.
a1682 Sir T. Browne Christian Morals (1716) iii. 105 Common gratitude must be kept alive by the additionary fewel of new courtesies.
1715 E. Barlow Meteorol. Ess. ii. i. 27 The..Mistake..that the Tide is raised meerly by the Moon's single Pressure:..Whereas, on the one side it is depress'd so low, by the Additionary Impulsive Rays of the Sun, [etc.].
1864 Q. Jrnl. Pure & Appl. Math. 6 224 The criteria of modular congruence are founded upon additionary considerations.
1914 Nevada State Jrnl. 25 Mar. 2/3 Official announcement was issued today by the interstate commerce commission, indicating the likelihood of the taking of additionary testimony in the eastern advance rate case.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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adj.a1633- to catch a heart in the rebound
- to catch a heart on the rebound
- to catch a look
- to catch a mire-snipe
- to catch a miresnipe
- to catch a nap
- to catch a packet
- to catch a person bending
- to catch a person in the fact
- to catch a person in the rebound
- to catch a person napping
- to catch a person on the back foot
- to catch a person on the raw
- to catch a person on the rebound
- to catch a person on the wrong foot
- to catch a person with the goods
- to catch a person's breath
- to catch a person's drift
- to catch a person's eye
- to catch a point
- to catch a savour
- to catch a tartar
- to catch a wave
- to catch afire
- to catch after