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DIVERSIONARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does diversionary mean?
• DIVERSIONARY (adjective)
The adjective DIVERSIONARY has 1 sense:
1. (of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
Familiarity information: DIVERSIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
(of tactics e.g.) likely or designed to confuse or deceive
Similar:
indirect (not direct in spatial dimension; not leading by a straight line or course to a destination)
Derivation:
diversion (a turning aside (of your course or attention or concern))
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"The carpenter's door is loose." (Arabic proverb)
"Well started is half won." (Dutch proverb)