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Definition of Suasory
1. a. Tending to persuade; suasive.
Definition of Suasory
1. Adjective. (obsolete) Tending to persuade; persuasive ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Suasory
1. suasion [adj] - See also: suasion
Lexicographical Neighbors of Suasory
Literary usage of Suasory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Grotius on the Rights of War and Peace: An Abriged Translation by Hugo Grotius, William Whewell (1853)
"I. Justificatory and suasory causes. IL Wars with neither are sa- vage. III. ...
that some are justificatory or justifying, some suasory or impelling. ..."
2. A Critical Pronouncing Dictionary, and Expositor of the English Language by John Walker (1819)
"6', in the adjectives ending in scry, is always sharp and hissing, as suasory,
... is sharp and hissing, as dispensary, adversary, suasory, pei unitary, ..."
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