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PETITIONARY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does petitionary mean?
• PETITIONARY (adjective)
The adjective PETITIONARY has 1 sense:
1. of the nature of or expressing a petition
Familiarity information: PETITIONARY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Of the nature of or expressing a petition
Context example:
the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness
Similar:
beseeching; imploring; pleading (begging)
Derivation:
petition (a formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority)
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