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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
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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