-Y Adjectives With No Comparative or Superlative Form

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FRONT	WORD	BACK	DEFINITION
MWZ	ANY	—	[a.] · one, no matter which
BDFP	OXY	—	[a.] · containing oxygen / [x] { owse owsen ox oxy § oxen oxes § oxen }
—	COKY	—	[a.] · cokelike «resembling coke» / [x] { cokelike coky }
—	GAPY	—	[a.] · infested with gapeworms
U	NARY	—	[a.] · not one
—	PATY	—	[a.] · formee «having the arms narrow at the center and expanding toward the ends -- used of a heraldic cross» / [x] { pattee paty }
—	PILY	—	[a.] · divided into a number of wedge-shaped~ heraldic designs
—	TOWY	—	[a.] · resembling coarse hemp or flax fiber
—	UNDY	—	[a.] · unde / [x] { unde undee undy }
—	ACIDY	—	[a.] · sour / [x] { acidic acidy }
S	ALARY	—	[a.] · alar «pertaining to wings» / [x] { alar alary }
—	BARRY	—	[a.] · divided into horizontal bars
—	BASSY	—	[a.] · low in pitch
—	BEIGY	—	[a.] · of the color beige
—	BROSY	—	[a.] · smeared with brose
—	CADGY	—	[a.] · cheerful
S	CANTY	—	[a.] · cheerful
—	CASKY	—	[a.] · resembling a cask
—	CONKY	—	[a.] · full of a tree fungus
—	DEOXY	—	[a.] · having less oxygen than the compound from which it is derived / [x] { deoxy desoxy }
—	DIKEY	—	! [a.] · resembling a lesbian in nature or appearance -- an offensive term / [x] { dikey dykey }
—	DONSY	—	[a.] · donsie «unlucky» / [x] { donsie donsy }
—	DORMY	—	[a.] · dormie «being ahead by as many holes in golf as remain to be played» / [x] { dormie dormy § dormie dormy }
—	DORTY	—	[a.] · sullen
—	DUDDY	—	[a.] · duddie «ragged» / [x] { duddie duddy }
—	DYKEY	—	! [a.] · dikey «resembling a lesbian in nature or appearance -- an offensive term» / [x] { dikey dykey }
RS	EVERY	—	[a.] · each without exception
—	FAKEY	—	[a.] · not genuine; phony
—	GAWSY	—	[a.] · gawsie «well-fed~ and healthy looking» / [x] { gawsie gawsy }
—	HAYEY	—	[a.] · resembling hay
—	HEAPY	—	[a.] · resembling a heap
—	HOLEY	—	[a.] · full of holes
D	HOOLY	—	[a.] · hoolie «easy; slow» / [x] { hoolie § hooly § hooly }
—	JOTTY	—	[a.] · written down quickly
—	LAWNY	—	[a.] · like a lawn
PS	LINKY	—	[a.] · full of interlocking rings
FG	LOSSY	—	[a.] · causing dissipation of electrical energy
F	LOURY	—	[a.] · lowery / [x] { loury lowery }
—	MARVY	—	[a.] · marvelous
—	MOTEY	—	[a.] · full of motes
—	OCHRY	—	[a.] · ochery «ocherous» / [x] { ocherish ocheroid ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry }
—	RILEY	—	[a.] · angry
—	RINDY	—	[a.] · like rind
—	SEELY	—	[a.] · frail
—	SKIEY	—	[a.] · skyey «resembling the sky» / [x] { skiey skyey }
—	SKYEY	—	[a.] · resembling the sky / [x] { skiey skyey }
—	SONLY	—	[a.] · pertaining to a son
—	STEWY	—	[a.] · having the characteristics of a stew
—	SUETY	—	[a.] · SUET, the hard, fatty tissue around the kidneys of cattle and sheep (=suetier~ suetiest~)
—	SURGY	—	[a.] · surging / [x] { surge surging § surges § surge surged surges surging § surgy }
—	UNARY	—	[a.] · consisting of a single element
—	UNCOY	—	[a.] · not coy +
—	YAWEY	—	[a.] · pertaining to yaws «an infectious disease»
—	YEUKY	—	[a.] · itchy
—	ZINCY	—	[a.] · zincky «resembling zinc» / [x] { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky }
—	ZINKY	—	[a.] · zincky «resembling zinc» / [x] { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky }
—	ALKOXY	—	[a.] · containing a univalent radical composed of alkyl united with oxygen
M	ARROWY	—	[a.] · moving swiftly
—	BLOOEY	—	[a.] · being out of order / [x] { blooey § blooey blooie }
—	BODILY	—	[a.] · of the body
—	BOSOMY	—	[a.] · swelling outward
—	BREADY	—	[a.] · resembling or characteristic of bread
—	BROTHY	—	[a.] · resembling broth
—	CHAMPY	—	[a.] · broken up by the trampling of beasts
—	CLOTTY	—	[a.] · tending to clot
—	DENARY	—	[a.] · containing ten
—	DESOXY	—	[a.] · deoxy / [x] { deoxy desoxy }
—	DRAPEY	—	[a.] · characterized by graceful folds
—	ECHOEY	—	[a.] · full of echoes
—	FITCHY	—	[a.] · having the arms ending in a point -- used of a heraldic cross / [x] { fitchee fitchy }
—	FLECKY	—	[a.] · flecked / [x] { fleck flecking § flecks § fleck flecked flecking flecks § flecked flecky }
—	FLEURY	—	[a.] · having the arms terminating in three leaves -- used of a heraldic cross
—	FLOOEY	—	[a.] · awry / [x] { flooey flooie kerflooey }
—	GOBONY	—	[a.] · compony «composed of squares of alternating colors» / [x] { compone § compony gobonee gobony }
—	HORARY	—	[a.] · hourly / [x] { horary hourly § hourlies § horal horary hourly § hourly }
G	HOSTLY	—	[a.] · pertaining to one who hosts
—	HUBBLY	—	[a.] · having an uneven surface
—	HUMUSY	—	[a.] · resembling humus
—	INCONY	—	[a.] · pretty
—	JEESLY	—	[a.] · jeezly «used as an intensifier» / [x] { jeesly jeezely jeezly § jeesly jeezely jeezly }
—	JEEZLY	—	[a.] · used as an intensifier / [x] { jeesly jeezely jeezly § jeesly jeezely jeezly }
—	KNOLLY	—	[a.] · hilly
F	LOWERY	—	[a.] · dark and threatening / [x] { loury lowery }
—	MUDDLY	—	[a.] · disordered
—	MUMBLY	—	[a.] · given to mumbling
—	NEARBY	—	[a.] · near
—	NEBULY	—	[a.] · nebule «composed of successive short curves» / [x] { nebule § nebule nebuly }
—	OCHERY	—	[a.] · ocherous «containing or resembling ocher» / [x] { ocherish ocheroid ocherous ochery ochreous ochroid ochrous ochry }
—	OFFKEY	—	[a.] · pitched higher or lower than the correct musical tone
—	PAPERY	—	[a.] · resembling paper
—	PEROXY	—	[a.] · containing the bivalent group O2
—	PIDDLY	—	[a.] · insignificant
—	PLAGUY	—	[a.] · troublesome - PLAGUILY [b.] / [x] { plaguey plaguy § plaguily }
—	PURPLY	—	[a.] · purplish / [x] { purplish purply }
—	ROSINY	—	[a.] · rosinous «resembling rosin» / [x] { rosinous rosiny }
CG	RUMBLY	—	[a.] · tending to rumble
—	SENARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to the number six
—	SINEWY	—	[a.] · lean and muscular
—	SLUICY	—	[a.] · falling in streams
—	SPOOFY	—	[a.] · humorously satiric
—	STOURY	—	[a.] · dusty / [x] { stourie stoury }
—	SUNDRY	—	[a.] · miscellaneous - SUNDRILY [b.] (=sundrily)
—	UNBUSY	—	[a.] · not busy +
—	UPPITY	—	[a.] · tending to be snobbish and arrogant / [x] { uppish uppity § uppishly }
—	VAPORY	—	[a.] · vaporish «resembling vapor» / [x] { vaporish vaporous vapory vapoury }
—	VAUNTY	—	[a.] · vauntie «boastful» / [x] { vauntie vaunty vawntie }
—	WADDLY	—	[a.] · having or being a waddling gait
—	WAFERY	—	[a.] · resembling a wafer
—	ZINCKY	—	[a.] · resembling zinc / [x] { zincic zincky zincoid zincous zincy zinky }
—	ZONARY	—	[a.] · zonal / [x] { zonal zonary § zonally }
—	AMATORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to sexual love
—	ANTIGAY	—	[a.] · opposed to homosexuals
—	APLENTY	—	[a.] · being in sufficient quantity
—	BIGGETY	—	[a.] · biggity «conceited» / [x] { biggety biggity }
—	BIGGITY	—	[a.] · conceited / [x] { biggety biggity }
—	BILIARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to bile
—	BIPARTY	—	[a.] · of two parties
—	BUTTONY	—	[a.] · resembling a button
—	CABBAGY	—	[a.] · cabbagey «resembling a cabbage» / [x] { cabbagey cabbagy }
—	CILIARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to cilia
—	CINDERY	—	[a.] · containing cinders / [x] { cinderous cindery }
—	CLUTCHY	—	[a.] · tending to clutch
—	COMPONY	—	[a.] · composed of squares of alternating colors / [x] { compone § compony gobonee gobony }
—	COTTONY	—	[a.] · resembling cotton
—	CRUSILY	—	[a.] · covered with crosslets
—	CURSORY	—	[a.] · hasty and superficial
—	DITHERY	—	[a.] · nervously excited
—	DODDERY	—	[a.] · feeble
—	DRIBBLY	—	[a.] · tending to dribble
D	ELUSORY	—	[a.] · elusive / [x] { elusive elusory }
—	FAGGOTY	—	! [a.] · effeminate or homosexual in an overt way -- an offensive term
—	FARAWAY	—	[a.] · distant
—	FERRETY	—	[a.] · suggestive of a ferret
—	FIDGETY	—	[a.] · nervously restless
—	FLAVORY	—	[a.] · full of flavor / [x] { flavory flavoury }
—	FURROWY	—	[a.] · marked by furrows
—	GUTTERY	—	[a.] · marked by extreme vulgarity or indecency
—	HALFWAY	—	[a.] · being in the middle
—	HAZELLY	—	[a.] · yellowish brown
—	HYDROXY	L	[a.] · containing hydroxyl
—	JEEZELY	—	[a.] · jeezly «used as an intensifier» / [x] { jeesly jeezely jeezly § jeesly jeezely jeezly }
—	LACTARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to milk
—	LATHERY	—	[a.] · covered with lather
G	LITTERY	—	[a.] · covered with rubbish
—	LOATHLY	—	[a.] · repulsive
—	LOLLOPY	—	[a.] · characterized by a bobbing motion
—	MANUARY	—	[a.] · involving the hands
—	MARROWY	—	[a.] · pithy
—	MATTERY	—	[a.] · producing pus
—	METHOXY	L	[a.] · containing a certain chemical group / [x] { methoxy methoxyl }
—	MILDEWY	—	[a.] · affected with or resembling mildew
—	MILIARY	—	[a.] · made up of many small projections
—	MISERLY	—	[a.] · characteristic of a miser
—	MORTARY	—	[a.] · containing or resembling mortar
S	MOTHERY	—	[a.] · slimy
—	NONOILY	—	[a.] · not oily
—	NUMMARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to coins
—	OLIVARY	—	[a.] · shaped like an olive
—	OVERCOY	—	[a.] · too coy
—	PALMARY	—	[a.] · worthy of praise
—	PARROTY	—	[a.] · resembling a parrot
—	PAUGHTY	—	[a.] · arrogant
—	PEPPERY	—	[a.] · resembling pepper
—	PERFUMY	—	[a.] · scented
—	PHENOXY	—	[a.] · containing a radical derived from phenol
—	PIZAZZY	—	[a.] · having pizazz / [x] { pizazzy pizzazzy }
—	PLAGUEY	—	[a.] · plaguy «troublesome» / [x] { plaguey plaguy § plaguily }
—	POWDERY	—	[a.] · resembling powder
—	RABBITY	—	[a.] · resembling a rabbit
G	RAVELLY	—	[a.] · tangled
—	RETIARY	—	[a.] · resembling a net
—	RIBBONY	—	[a.] · resembling ribbon
—	SALLOWY	—	[a.] · abounding in willow trees
—	SALMONY	—	[a.] · resembling salmon
—	SEMIDRY	—	[a.] · moderately dry
—	SENSORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to the senses or sensation
—	SHINGLY	—	[a.] · covered with small, loose stones
—	SHOWERY	—	[a.] · abounding with brief periods of rain
—	STATUSY	—	[a.] · conferring prestige
—	SULFURY	L	[a.] · resembling sulfur / [x] { sulfury sulphury }
—	TISSUEY	—	[a.] · resembling tissue
—	TOTTERY	—	[a.] · shaky
—	TRINARY	—	[a.] · consisting of three parts
—	UNBULKY	—	[a.] · not bulky +
—	UNCHARY	—	[a.] · not chary +
—	UNCRAZY	—	[a.] · not crazy +
—	UNFANCY	—	[a.] · not fancy +
—	UNHASTY	—	[a.] · not hasty +
—	UNITARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to a unit
—	UNMERRY	—	[a.] · not merry +
—	UNNOISY	—	[a.] · not noisy +
—	UNSHOWY	—	[a.] · not showy +
—	UNSONCY	—	[a.] · unsonsie «unlucky» / [x] { unsoncy unsonsie unsonsy }
—	UNSONSY	—	[a.] · unsonsie «unlucky» / [x] { unsoncy unsonsie unsonsy }
—	UNWEARY	—	[a.] · not weary + / [x] { unwearied unweary unwearying § unwearied unweary unwearying }
—	VAPOURY	—	[a.] · vapory «vaporish» / [x] { vaporish vaporous vapory vapoury }
—	VICARLY	—	[a.] · vicarial «pertaining to a vicar» / [x] { vicarial vicarly }
—	WEASELY	—	[a.] · weaselly «resembling a weasel» / [x] { weaselly weasely }
—	WINDOWY	—	[a.] · having many windows
—	YELLOWY	—	[a.] · somewhat yellow
—	ADDITORY	—	[a.] · making an addition
—	ALEATORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to luck / [x] { aleatoric aleatory }
—	ALMIGHTY	—	[a.] · having absolute power over all
—	ANTICITY	—	[a.] · opposed to cities
—	BADGERLY	—	[a.] · bothersome
—	BASILARY	—	[a.] · basilar / [x] { basal § basal basilar basilary § basally }
—	BEGGARLY	—	[a.] · very poor
—	BIHOURLY	—	[a.] · occurring every two hours
—	BIYEARLY	—	[a.] · occurring every two years
—	BLISTERY	—	[a.] · having blisters
—	BLOSSOMY	—	[a.] · having blossoms
—	BLUBBERY	—	[a.] · fat; swollen
—	BLUSTERY	—	[a.] · windy
—	BOULDERY	—	[a.] · characterized by large rocks
—	CABBAGEY	—	[a.] · resembling a cabbage / [x] { cabbagey cabbagy }
—	CAVITARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to the formation of cavities in tissue
—	CINERARY	—	[a.] · used for cremated ashes
—	CLATTERY	—	[a.] · having a rattling noise
—	CLUSTERY	—	[a.] · pertaining to a cluster
—	CLUTTERY	—	[a.] · characterized by disorder
—	COSTUMEY	—	[a.] · of or pertaining to a costume
—	COTTAGEY	—	[a.] · like a cottage
—	COWARDLY	—	[a.] · lacking courage
—	CROSSPLY	—	[a.] · having layers of fabric with cords lying crosswise in a tire
—	CULINARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to cookery
—	CUSHIONY	—	[a.] · soft
—	DELUSORY	—	[a.] · delusive «tending to delude» / [x] { delusive delusory }
—	DERISORY	—	[a.] · derisive / [x] { derisive § derisive derisory }
—	DILATORY	—	[a.] · tending to delay
—	ENACTORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to the enactment of law
—	FASHIONY	—	[a.] · trendy; fashionable
—	FATHERLY	—	[a.] · paternal
—	FELLOWLY	—	[a.] · friendly
—	FLAVOURY	—	[a.] · flavory «full of flavor» / [x] { flavory flavoury }
—	FUNERARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to a funeral / [x] { funeral funerary funereal }
—	GOSPELLY	—	[a.] · having characteristics of gospel music
—	GYRATORY	—	[a.] · moving in a circle or spiral
—	HUMMOCKY	—	[a.] · abounding in hummocks
—	ILLUSORY	—	[a.] · based on illusion / [x] { illusive illusory }
—	INCISORY	—	[a.] · adapted for cutting
—	INTRADAY	—	[a.] · occurring within a single day
—	JURATORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to an oath
—	KERNELLY	—	[a.] · resembling kernels
—	LAWYERLY	—	[a.] · befitting a member of the legal profession / [x] { lawyerlike lawyerly § lawyerly }
—	LIMITARY	—	[a.] · limiting
—	LITERARY	—	[a.] · of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of books and writings
—	LUMBERLY	—	[a.] · moving slowly with a heavy gait
—	MANNERLY	—	[a.] · polite
—	MARTYRLY	—	[a.] · resembling a martyr
—	MASTERLY	—	[a.] · very skillful
—	MINATORY	—	[a.] · threatening
—	MONETARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to money
—	MORATORY	—	[a.] · authorizing delay of payment
—	MOTHERLY	—	[a.] · maternal
—	MULTIDAY	—	[a.] · lasting or usable for many days
—	MULTIWAY	—	[a.] · having several paths or routes
—	MUSTARDY	—	[a.] · resembling mustard
—	NATATORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to swimming
—	NEGATORY	—	[a.] · expressing negation
—	NONDAIRY	—	[a.] · having no milk products
—	NONEMPTY	—	[a.] · not empty
—	NONFATTY	—	[a.] · not fatty
—	NONHARDY	—	[a.] · not hardy
—	NONLEAFY	—	[a.] · not having leaves
—	NONMONEY	—	[a.] · not involving money
—	NONWOODY	—	[a.] · not woody
—	NUGATORY	—	[a.] · having no power
—	NUMERARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to numbers
—	OVERBUSY	—	[a.] · too busy
—	OVEREASY	—	[a.] · too easy
—	OVERHOLY	—	[a.] · too holy
—	OVERMANY	—	[a.] · too many
—	OVERWARY	—	[a.] · too wary
—	OVERWILY	—	[a.] · too wily
—	PASTORLY	—	[a.] · befitting a pastor
—	PICNICKY	—	[a.] · pertaining to a picnic
—	PIZZAZZY	—	[a.] · pizazzy «having pizazz» / [x] { pizazzy pizzazzy }
—	PLASTERY	—	[a.] · resembling plaster
—	POTATORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to drinking
—	PUDDINGY	—	[a. ] · resembling a pudding
—	PUNITORY	—	[a.] · punitive / [x] { punitive punitory }
—	PUPILARY	—	[a.] · pupilar «pertaining to a part of the eye» / [x] { pupilar pupilary }
—	RASCALLY	—	[a.] · characteristic of a rascal
—	READERLY	—	[a.] · typical of a reader
—	REVISORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to revision
—	RINGLETY	—	[a.] · resembling or suggestive of a ringlet
—	ROGATORY	—	[a.] · requesting information
—	ROLLICKY	—	[a.] · given to rollicking
—	ROTATORY	—	[a.] · pertaining to rotation
—	RUBBISHY	—	[a.] · like rubbish
—	SALUTARY	—	[a.] · producing a beneficial effect
—	SCRIBBLY	—	[a.] · consisting of scribbles
—	SHIMMERY	—	[a.] · shimmering / [x] { shimmer shimmering § shimmers § shimmer shimmered shimmering shimmers § shimmering shimmery }
—	SHUDDERY	—	[a.] · shuddering / [x] { shudder shuddering shuddery § shudders § shudder shuddered shuddering shudders § shuddery }
—	SISTERLY	—	[a.] · of or resembling a sister / [x] { sisterly sororal § sisterly }
—	SIXPENNY	—	[a.] · worth sixpence
—	SLUMBERY	—	[a.] · sleepy
—	SMOTHERY	—	[a.] · tending to smother
—	SNICKERY	—	[a.] · tending to snicker
—	SOLIDARY	—	[a.] · united
—	SQUIRELY	—	[a.] · of or befitting a squire
—	STAGGERY	—	[a.] · unsteady
—	STATICKY	—	[a.] · marked by static
—	STOMACHY	—	[a.] · paunchy «having a protruding belly»
—	SULPHURY	—	[a.] · sulfury «resembling sulfur» / [x] { sulfury sulphury }
—	SUPERFLY	—	[a.] · showily pretentious
—	TENPENNY	—	[a.] · worth tenpence
—	TINSELLY	—	[a.] · cheaply gaudy
—	TITTUPPY	—	[a.] · shaky; unsteady
—	TOWARDLY	—	[a.] · favorable
—	TUPPENNY	—	[a.] · twopenny «worth twopence» / [x] { tuppenny twopenny § tuppenny twopenny }
—	TWITTERY	—	[a.] · nervously agitated
—	TWOPENNY	—	[a.] · worth twopence / [x] { tuppenny twopenny § tuppenny twopenny }
—	ULTRADRY	—	[a.] · extremely dry
—	UNBLOODY	—	[a.] · not bloody +
—	UNBOUNCY	—	[a.] · not bouncy +
—	UNCATCHY	—	[a.] · not catchy +
—	UNCHANCY	—	[a.] · unlucky
—	UNCLASSY	—	[a.] · not classy +
—	UNCLOUDY	—	[a.] · not cloudy +
—	UNCOMELY	—	[a.] · not comely +
—	UNFLASHY	—	[a.] · not flashy +
—	UNGREEDY	—	[a.] · not greedy +
—	UNKINGLY	—	[a.] · not kingly +
—	UNLIVELY	—	[a.] · not lively +
—	UNPRETTY	—	[a.] · not pretty +
—	UNSAVORY	—	[a.] · not savory + / [x] { unsavory unsavoury }
—	UNTRUSTY	—	[a.] · not trusty +
—	UNWIFELY	—	[a.] · not wifely +
—	VARNISHY	—	[a.] · glossy
—	VICENARY	—	[a.] · pertaining to the number twenty
—	WEASELLY	—	[a.] · resembling a weasel / [x] { weaselly weasely }
—	WHISPERY	—	[a.] · resembling a whisper
—	WORKADAY	—	[a.] · everyday
—	WRITERLY	—	[a.] · characteristic of a writer
—	ZIGZAGGY	—	[a.] · marked by sharp turns
—	ADULATORY	—	[a.] · © containing excessive praise or compliment; servilely praising; flattering; as, an adulatory address
—	AMPULLARY	—	[a.] · © resembling an ampulla «a globular bottle used in ancient Rome~»
—	ARBITRARY	—	[a.] · © depending on will or discretion; not governed by any fixed rules; as, an arbitrary decision; an arbitrary punishment
—	BACILLARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to little rods; rod-shaped~
—	BASTARDLY	—	[a.] · © bastardlike~; baseborn; spurious; corrupt
—	BLIZZARDY	—	[a.] · characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard / [x] { blizzardly blizzardy }
—	BOUTIQUEY	—	[a.] · having the characteristics of a boutique
—	BRIMSTONY	—	[a.] · © containing or resembling brimstone; sulphurous
—	BROTHERLY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to brothers; such as is natural for brothers; becoming to brothers; kind; affectionate; as, brotherly love
—	BUDGETARY	—	[a.] · derivative of budget
—	BUMPKINLY	—	[a.] · like a bumpkin
—	BUTCHERLY	—	[a.] · © like a butcher; without compunction; savage; bloody; inhuman; fell
—	CINNAMONY	—	[a.] · (informal) reminiscent of cinnamon
—	CITIZENLY	—	[a.] · derivative of citizen
—	COCKAMAMY	—	[a.] · a variant spelling of cockamamie / [x] { cockamamie cockamamy § cockamamie cockamamy }
—	CONTRASTY	—	[a.] · (of a photograph or subject) having sharp gradations in tone, esp~ between light and dark areas
—	CROTCHETY	—	[a.] · © given to crotchets; subject to whims; as, a crotchety man
—	DAMNATORY	—	[a.] · © dooming to damnation; condemnatory
—	DANDRUFFY	—	[a.] · derivative of dandruff
—	DASTARDLY	—	[a.] · © meanly timid; cowardly; base; as, a dastardly outrage
—	DAYDREAMY	—	[a.] · derivative of daydream
—	DECRETORY	—	[a.] · © established by a decree; definitive; settled
—	DESULTORY	—	[a.] · © leaping or skipping about
—	DEVIATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to deviate; devious; as, deviatory motion
—	EDUCATORY	—	[a.] · educative or educational
—	EXCLUSORY	—	[a.] · © able to exclude; excluding; serving to exclude
—	EXECUTORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to administration, or putting the laws in force; executive
—	EXEMPLARY	—	[a.] · © serving as a pattern; deserving to be proposed for imitation; commendable; as, an exemplary person; exemplary conduct
—	EXPIATORY	—	[a.] · © having power, or intended, to make expiation; atoning; as, an expiatory sacrifice
—	EXPLETORY	—	[a.] · © serving to fill up; expletive; superfluous; as, an expletory word
—	FLANNELLY	—	[a.] · derivative of flannel
—	GESTATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to gestation or pregnancy
—	GOSSAMERY	—	[a.] · resembling gossamer
—	GUSTATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or subservient to, the sense of taste; as, the gustatory nerve which supplies the front of the tongue
—	HAWTHORNY	—	[a.] · resembling or characterized by hawthorns
—	HORTATORY	—	[a.] · © giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech
—	HUSBANDLY	—	[a.] · © frugal; thrifty
—	INTERCITY	—	[a.] · ® (in Britain~) denoting a fast train or passenger rail service, esp~ between main towns
—	KERFLOOEY	—	[a.] · (Canadian~ & US, informal) into a state of destruction or malfunction (esp~ in the phrase go kerflooey) / [x] { flooey flooie kerflooey }
—	LAUDATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining praise, or to the expression of praise; as, laudatory verses; the laudatory powers of Dryden~
—	LIBRATORY	—	[a.] · © balancing; moving like a balance, as it tends to an equipoise or level
—	MAMILLARY	—	[a. ] · pertaining to a mamilla to paint over
—	MEDIATORY	—	[a.] · © mediatorial~
—	MEDULLARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, consisting of, or resembling, marrow or medulla
—	MIDWEEKLY	—	[a.] · derivative of midweek
—	MIGRATORY	—	[a.] · © removing regularly or occasionally from one region or climate to another; as, migratory birds
—	MILKSOPPY	—	[a.] · derivative of milksop «a feeble or ineffectual man or youth»
—	MOMENTARY	—	[a.] · © done in a moment; continuing only a moment; lasting a very short time; as, a momentary pang
—	MOONSHINY	—	[a.] · © moonlight
—	MOUNTAINY	—	[a.] · another term for mountainous
—	MULTICITY	—	[a.] · having or involving more than one city
—	MULTICOPY	—	[a.] · any of several or many copies (of a book, document, record, etc~)
—	MUSHROOMY	—	[a. ] · resembling a mushroom
—	NIGGARDLY	—	[a.] · © meanly covetous or avarcious~ in dealing with others; stingy; niggard
—	NOBILIARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to the nobility
—	NONCOUNTY	—	[a.] · relating to a borough that does not have county status, specifically in reference to local governance in England~
—	NONENERGY	—	[a.] · not related to energy or the energy industry
—	NONGLOSSY	—	[a.] · not glossy
—	NONGREASY	—	[a.] · derivative of non-greasy~ «not oily»
—	NONSTEADY	—	[a.] · not steady or stable; unsteady
—	NONSTICKY	—	[a.] · not sticky
—	OKEYDOKEY	—	[a.] · derivative of okey-doke~ «(informal) another term for O.K.»
—	ORIGINARY	—	[a. ] · being an origin
—	OUTDOORSY	—	[a.] · (informal) characteristic of, or taking part in activities relating to, the outdoors
—	OVERFUSSY	—	[a.] · too fussy
—	OVERHASTY	—	[a.] · © too hasty; precipitate; rash
—	OVULATORY	—	[a.] · relating to ovulation
—	PAINTERLY	—	[a.] · © like a painter's work
—	PALPATORY	—	[a.] · (physiology) relating to palpation
—	PAPILLARY	—	[a.] · © of, pertaining to, or resembling, a papilla or papillae; bearing, or covered with, papillae; papillose / [x] { papilla § papillae § papillate § papillar papillary papillate papillose }
—	PECUNIARY	—	[a.] · © relating to money; monetary; as, a pecuniary penalty; a pecuniary reward
—	PHONATORY	—	[a. ] · pertaining to phonating
—	PISCATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to fishes or fishing / [x] { piscatorial piscatory }
—	PLACATORY	—	[a.] · placating or intended to placate / [x] { placative placatory }
—	PLASTICKY	—	[a.] · made of or resembling plastic
—	PRECATORY	—	[a.] · (rare) of, involving, or expressing entreaty; supplicatory Also: precative / [x] { precative § precative precatory }
—	PREDATORY	—	[a.] · © characterized by plundering; practicing rapine; plundering; pillaging; as, a predatory excursion; a predatory party
—	PREFATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks
—	PRELUSORY	—	[a.] · © introductory; prelusive
—	PROBATORY	—	[a.] · © serving for trial; probationary
—	PROFAMILY	—	[a.] · (US) in favour of the family
—	PROLUSORY	—	[a.] · derivative of prolusion «a preliminary written exercise»
—	PROVISORY	—	[a.] · © of the nature of a proviso; containing a proviso or condition; conditional; as, a provisory clause
—	PULMONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to the lungs; affecting the lungs; pulmonic
—	PULSATORY	—	[a.] · © capable of pulsating; throbbing
—	PUPILLARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to a pupil or ward
—	RAKEHELLY	—	[a.] · © dissolute; wild; lewd; rakish
—	RESIDUARY	—	[a.] · © consisting of residue; as, residuary matter; pertaining to the residue, or part remaining; as, the residuary advantage of an estate
—	RUFFIANLY	—	[a.] · © like a ruffian; bold in crimes; characteristic of a ruffian; violent; brutal
—	SALTATORY	—	[a.] · © leaping or dancing; having the power of, or used in, leaping or dancing
—	SCAPULARY	—	[a.] · © same as Scapular, a / [x] { scapular scapulary § scapulars § scapular scapulary }
—	SCHOLARLY	—	[a.] · © like a scholar, or learned person; showing the qualities of a scholar; as, a scholarly essay or critique
—	SEAKINDLY	—	[a. ] · (of a ship) easy to handle
—	SEDENTARY	—	[a.] · © accustomed to sit much or long; as, a sedentary man
—	SINGSONGY	—	[a.] · having the characteristics of singsong
—	SLEEPAWAY	—	[a.] · derivative of sleepaway camp
—	SOAPSUDSY	—	[a.] · derivative of soapsuds «foam or lather made from soap»
—	SPLINTERY	—	[a.] · © consisting of splinters; resembling splinters; as, the splintery fracture of a mineral
—	SPLUTTERY	—	[a.] · resembling spluttering
—	STANDAWAY	—	[a.] · (fashion) standing out from the body or erect
—	STATUTORY	—	[a.] · © enacted by statute; depending on statute for its authority; as, a statutory provision
—	SUBLUNARY	—	[a.] · © situated beneath the moon; hence, of or pertaining to this world; terrestrial; earthly
—	SUMPTUARY	—	[a.] · © relating to expense; regulating expense or expenditure
—	TEACHERLY	—	[a.] · of, relating to, or characteristic of a teacher
—	TRACHEARY	—	[a.] · © tracheal; breathing by means of tracheae
—	TRIBUNARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to tribunes; as, tribunary powers or authority
—	ULTRATINY	—	[a.] · extremely small or minute
—	UNSAVOURY	—	[a.] · not savoury + / [x] { unsavory unsavoury }
—	UNTHRIFTY	—	[a.] · not thrifty +
—	VIBRATORY	—	[a.] · © consisting in, or causing, vibration, or oscillation; vibrating; as, a vibratory motion; a vibratory power
—	WEATHERLY	—	[a.] · © working, or able to sail, close to the wind; as, a weatherly ship
—	WORKMANLY	—	[a.] · © becoming a skillful workman; skillful; well performed; workmanlike
—	ACCUSATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or containing, an accusation; as, an accusatory libel
—	ADJURATORY	—	[a.] · © containing an adjuration
—	ADMONITORY	—	[a.] · © that conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance
—	ALIMENTARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to aliment or food, or to the function of nutrition; nutritious; alimental; as, alimentary substances
—	AMENDATORY	—	[a.] · © supplying amendment; corrective; emendatory~
—	ANTIFAMILY	—	[a.] · opposed to the family unit
—	ANTIPIRACY	—	[a.] · acting against the piracy of copyrighted material
—	BLIZZARDLY	—	[a.] · blizzardy «characterized by blizzards, or resembling a blizzard» / [x] { blizzardly blizzardy }
—	CARDBOARDY	—	[a.] · like cardboard, esp~ in stiffness, texture, or taste
—	CARPELLARY	—	[a.] · © belonging to, forming, or containing carpels
—	CASTRATORY	—	[a.] · of or relating to castration
—	CATCHPENNY	—	[a.] · © made or contrived for getting small sums of money from the ignorant or unwary; as, a catchpenny book; a catchpenny show
—	CAUTIONARY	—	[a.] · © conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals
—	CONCLUSORY	—	[a.] · © conclusive
—	COPULATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of copulate
—	CREATURELY	—	[a.] · © creatural; characteristic of a creature
—	DAUGHTERLY	—	[a.] · derivative of daughter
—	DEDICATORY	—	[a.] · © constituting or serving as a dedication; complimental~
—	DEFAMATORY	—	[a.] · © containing defamation; injurious to reputation; calumnious; slanderous; as, defamatory words; defamatory writings
—	DEROGATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to derogate, or lessen in value; expressing derogation; detracting; injurious; -- with from to, or unto
—	DIVINATORY	—	[a.] · © professing, or relating to, divination
—	ESCALATORY	—	[a.] · tending to escalate
—	EXCITATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to excite; containing excitement; excitative
—	EXCUSATORY	—	[a.] · © making or containing excuse or apology; apologetical~; as, an excusatory plea
—	EXHIBITORY	—	[a.] · © exhibiting; publicly showing
—	EXPIRATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or employed in, the expiration or emission of air from the lungs; as, the expiratory muscles
—	EXPOSITORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or containing, exposition; serving to explain; explanatory; illustrative; exegetical
—	GOVERNESSY	—	[a.] · resembling or typical of a governess
—	HEREDITARY	—	[a.] · © descended, or capable of descending, from an ancestor to an heir at law; received or passing by inheritance, or that must pass by inheritance; as, an hereditary estate or crown
—	HOUSEWIFEY	—	[a.] · suitable for or typical of a housewife
—	INCUBATORY	—	[a.] · © serving for incubation
V	INDICATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to show or make known; showing; indicative; signifying; implying
—	INHIBITORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to, or producing, inhibition; consisting in inhibition; tending or serving to inhibit; as, the inhibitory action of the pneumogastric~ on the respiratory center
—	INITIATORY	—	[a.] · © suitable for an introduction or beginning; introductory; prefatory; as, an initiatory step
—	INNOVATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of innovate
—	INSANITARY	—	[a.] · © not sanitary; unhealthy; as, insanitary conditions of drainage / [x] { insanitary unsanitary }
—	INUNDATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of inundate
—	INVOCATORY	—	[a.] · © making or containing invocation; invoking
—	LEVOROTARY	—	[a.] · rotating anticlockwise
—	LIBERATORY	—	[a.] · tending to liberate
—	LOCOMOTORY	—	[a.] · relating to or able to move from one place to another
—	MAMMILLARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to the mammilla, or nipple, or to the breast; resembling a mammilla; mammilloid~
—	MITIGATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to mitigate or alleviate; mitigative
—	MODULATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of modulate
—	MOSQUITOEY	—	[a.] · overrun with mosquitoes
—	MUSICIANLY	—	[a.] · derivative of musician
—	NEIGHBORLY	—	[a.] · © apropriate~ to the relation of neighbors; having frequent or familiar intercourse; kind; civil; social; friendly
—	OBLIGATORY	—	[a.] · © binding in law or conscience; imposing duty or obligation; requiring performance or forbearance of some act; -- often followed by on or upon; as, obedience is obligatory on a soldier
—	OSCULATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to kissing; kissing
—	OVERMIGHTY	—	[a.] · too forceful
—	PEREMPTORY	—	[a.] · © precluding debate or expostulation; not admitting of question or appeal; positive; absolute; decisive; conclusive; final
—	PERNICKETY	—	[a.] · excessively precise and attentive to detail; fussy / [x] { pernickety persnickety }
—	PIGMENTARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to pigments; furnished with pigments
—	POSSESSORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to possession, either as a fact or a right; of the nature of possession; as, a possessory interest; a possessory lord
—	PRECURSORY	—	[a.] · © preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever
—	PRESIDIARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to a garrison; having a garrison / [x] { presidiary § presidial presidiary }
—	PRESURGERY	—	[a.] · of the period before surgery
—	PROMISSORY	—	[a.] · © containing a promise or binding declaration of something to be done or forborne
—	REDEMPTORY	—	[a.] · © paid for ransom; serving to redeem
—	REGULATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of regulate
—	RESCISSORY	—	[a.] · © tending to rescind; rescinding
—	REVELATORY	—	[a.] · of or relating to a revelation
—	ROADWORTHY	—	[a.] · (of a motor vehicle) mechanically sound; fit for use on the roads
—	SANDPAPERY	—	[a.] · relating to or resembling sandpaper
—	SANGUINARY	—	[a.] · © attended with much bloodshed; bloody; murderous; as, a sanguinary war, contest, or battle
—	SEGMENTARY	—	[a.] · derivative of segment
—	SEMIYEARLY	—	[a.] · another word for semiannual
—	SLATTERNLY	—	[a.] · © resembling a slattern; sluttish; negligent; dirty
—	SLUGGARDLY	—	[a.] · derivative of sluggard «a person who is habitually indolent»
—	SPINSTERLY	—	[a.] · relating to or resembling a spinster
—	STATIONARY	—	[a.] · © not moving; not appearing to move; stable; fixed
—	SUPPLETORY	—	[a.] · © supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath / [x] { suppletive suppletory § suppletive suppletory }
—	THREEPENNY	—	[a.] · © costing or worth three pence; hence, worth but little; poor; mean
—	TRANSITORY	—	[a.] · © continuing only for a short time; not enduring; fleeting; evanescent
—	TRIMONTHLY	—	[a.] · every three months
—	TUMULTUARY	—	[a.] · © attended by, or producing, a tumult; disorderly; promiscuous; confused; tumultuous
—	ULTRAHEAVY	—	[a.] · extremely heavy
—	UNDULATORY	—	[a.] · moving in waves
—	UNGIMMICKY	—	[a.] · not gimmicky +
—	UNLITERARY	—	[a.] · not literary +
—	UNMILITARY	—	[a.] · not military
—	UNSANITARY	—	[a.] · not sanitary / [x] { insanitary unsanitary }
—	ABLUTIONARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to ablution
—	ANTIANXIETY	—	[a.] · acting against anxiety
—	ANTICRUELTY	—	[a.] · the prevention of or opposition to cruelty
—	ANTILEPROSY	—	[a.] · acting against leprosy
—	ANTIOBESITY	—	[a.] · reducing or controlling obesity
—	ANTIPOVERTY	—	[a.] · acting against poverty
—	ANTISECRECY	—	[a.] · opposed to secrecy, particularly in government
—	ANTISUBSIDY	—	[a.] · opposed to or acting against subsidization
—	APPLICATORY	—	[a.] · © having the property of applying; applicative; practical
—	APPROBATORY	—	[a.] · © containing or expressing approbation; commendatory
—	BENEDICTORY	—	[a.] · © expressing wishes for good; as, a benedictory prayer
—	BLAMEWORTHY	—	[a.] · © deserving blame; culpable; reprehensible
—	BLOODGUILTY	—	[a.] · © guilty of murder or bloodshed
—	CELEBRATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of celebrate
—	CIRCULATORY	—	[a.] · © circular; as, a circulatory letter
—	CODICILLARY	—	[a.] · © of the nature of a codicil
—	COMBINATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of combinative «resulting from being, tending to be, or able to be joined or mixed together»
—	COMMINATORY	—	[a.] · © threatening or denouncing punishment; as, comminatory terms
—	CONDOLATORY	—	[a.] · © expressing condolence
—	CONSOLATORY	—	[a.] · © of a consoling or comforting nature
—	CRAFTSMANLY	—	[a.] · derivative of craftsman
—	CRASHWORTHY	—	[a.] · derivative of crashworthiness «the ability of a vehicle structure to withstand a crash»
—	DECLAMATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to declamation; treated in the manner of a rhetorician; as, a declamatory theme
—	DECLARATORY	—	[a.] · © making declaration, explanation, or exhibition; making clear or manifest; affirmative; expressive; as, a clause declaratory of the will of the legislature
—	DELUSIONARY	—	[a.] · another word for delusional / [x] { delusional § delusional delusionary }
—	DENIGRATORY	—	[a.] · denigrative «tending to denigrate» / [x] { denigrative denigratory }
—	DEPRECATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to deprecate; tending to remove or avert evil by prayer; apologetic
—	DEPREDATORY	—	[a.] · © tending or designed to depredate; characterized by depredation; plundering; as, a depredatory incursion
—	DESIGNATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to designate; designative; indicating
—	DOMICILIARY	—	[a.] · of, involving, or taking place in the home
—	EJACULATORY	—	[a.] · © casting or throwing out; fitted to eject; as, ejaculatory vessels
—	EVIDENTIARY	—	[a.] · © furnishing evidence; asserting; proving; evidential
—	EXCLAMATORY	—	[a.] · © containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker
—	EXCULPATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of exculpate «to free from blame or guilt; vindicate or exonerate»
—	EXHORTATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory
—	EXPLANATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to explain; containing explanation; as explanatory notes
—	EXPLICATORY	—	[a.] · © explicative «© serving to unfold or explain; tending to lay open to the understanding; explanatory»
—	EXPLORATORY	—	[a.] · © serving or intended to explore; searching; examining; explorative
—	EXPURGATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to purify from anything noxious or erroneous; cleansing; purifying
—	EXTEMPORARY	—	[a.] · done without preparation
—	EXTENUATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to extenuate or palliate
—	FILAMENTARY	—	[a.] · © having the character of, or formed by, a filament
—	FRAGMENTARY	—	[a.] · © composed of fragments, or broken pieces; disconnected; not complete or entire
—	FUSSBUDGETY	—	[a.] · (US, informal) in the manner of a fussbudget; fussy
—	GENTLEMANLY	—	[a.] · © of, pertaining to, resembling, or becoming, a gentleman; well-behaved~; courteous; polite / [x] { gentlemanlike gentlemanly § gentlemanly }
—	GRATULATORY	—	[a.] · © expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory
—	HOUSEWIFELY	—	[a.] · © pertaining or appropriate to a housewife; domestic; economical; prudent
—	ILLUSIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of illusion
—	IMPRECATORY	—	[a.] · © of the nature of, or containing, imprecation; invoking evil; as, the imprecatory psalms
—	INCANTATORY	—	[a.] · © dealing by enchantment; magical
—	INCULPATORY	—	[a.] · © imputing blame; criminatory~; compromising; implicating
—	INFORMATORY	—	[a.] · © full of, or conveying, information; instructive
—	INSPIRATORY	—	[a.] · of or relating to inhalation or the drawing in of air
—	INTERFAMILY	—	[a.] · occurring between, existing between, or involving two or more members of a family
—	INTERLUNARY	—	[a.] · © belonging or pertaining to the time when the moon, at or near its conjunction with the sun, is invisible / [x] { interlunar interlunary }
—	INTERVALLEY	—	[a.] · occurring between valleys
—	INVOLUNTARY	—	[a.] · © not having will or the power of choice
—	LIBATIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of libation
—	MALEDICTORY	—	[a.] · derivative of malediction «the utterance of a curse against someone or something»
—	MONOHYDROXY	—	[a.] · (of a chemical compound) containing one hydroxyl group per molecule Also: monohydric / [x] { monohydroxy § monohydric }
—	MULTICOUNTY	—	[a.] · involving or relating to several counties
—	NEGOTIATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to negotiation
—	NEIGHBOURLY	—	[a.] · kind, friendly, or sociable, as befits a neighbour
—	NONAUDITORY	—	[a.] · not auditory, not related to hearing or its functions
—	NONCULINARY	—	[a.] · not culinary, not relating to cookery or the kitchen
—	NONLITERARY	—	[a.] · not of, relating to, concerned with, or characteristic of literature or scholarly writing
—	NONMONETARY	—	[a.] · (economics) not relating to money or currency
—	OBFUSCATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of obfuscate
—	OBJURGATORY	—	[a.] · © designed to objurgate or chide; containing or expressing reproof; culpatory~
—	OSCILLATORY	—	[a.] · © moving, or characterized by motion, backward and forward like a pendulum; swinging; oscillating; vibratory; as, oscillatory motion
—	PEPPERMINTY	—	[a.] · having the flavour, scent, or colour of peppermint
—	PERFUNCTORY	—	[a.] · © done merely to get rid of a duty; performed mechanically and as a thing of rote; done in a careless and superficial manner; characterized by indifference; as, perfunctory admonitions
—	PERSECUTORY	—	[a.] · involving or characteristic of persecution
—	PERSNICKETY	—	[a.] · the US word for pernickety / [x] { pernickety persnickety }
—	PETITIONARY	—	[a.] · © supplicatory; making a petition
—	POLYHYDROXY	—	[a.] · (of a chemical compound) containing two or more hydroxyl groups per molecule Also: polyhydric~
—	POSTHOLIDAY	—	[a.] · occurring after a holiday
—	POSTPRIMARY	—	[a.] · of or relating to education after primary school
—	PREDICATORY	—	[a.] · © affirmative; positive
—	PRELITERARY	—	[a.] · occurring before the existence of literature
—	PREMONITORY	—	[a.] · © giving previous warning or notice; as, premonitory symptoms of disease
—	PREPARATORY	—	[a.] · © preparing the way for anything by previous measures of adaptation; antecedent and adapted to what follows; introductory; preparative; as, a preparatory school; a preparatory condition
—	PROFANATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of profane
—	PROHIBITORY	—	[a.] · © tending to prohibit, forbid, or exclude; implying prohibition; forbidding; as, a prohibitory law; a prohibitory price
—	REPROBATORY	—	[a.] · another word for reprobative / [x] { reprobative reprobatory }
—	RESPIRATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to respiration; serving for respiration; as, the respiratory organs; respiratory nerves; the respiratory function; respiratory changes
—	RETALIATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to, or involving, retaliation; retaliative; as retaliatory measures / [x] { retaliative retaliatory }
—	RETRIBUTORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to retribution; of the nature of retribution; involving retribution or repayment; as, retributive justice; retributory comforts / [x] { retributive retributory }
P	REVISIONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to revision; revisory
—	RUDIMENTARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to rudiments; consisting in first principles; elementary; initial; as, rudimental essays
—	SCOUNDRELLY	—	[a.] · derivative of scoundrel
—	SEDIMENTARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to sediment; formed by sediment; containing matter that has subsided
—	SEMISHRUBBY	—	[a.] · somewhat resembling a shrub; shrubby in some respects; having characteristics somewhat like those of a shrub; partly covered in shrubs
—	SPORTSMANLY	—	[a.] · derivative of sportsman
—	STATESMANLY	—	[a.] · © becoming a statesman
—	STIMULATORY	—	[a.] · another word for stimulative / [x] { stimulative § stimulative stimulatory }
—	STIPULATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of stipulate
—	SUBLITERARY	—	[a.] · not intended as literature
—	SUPERLUNARY	—	[a.] · © being above the moon; not belonging to this world; -- opposed to sublunary / [x] { superlunar superlunary }
—	SUPERVISORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to supervision; as, supervisory powers
—	TRANSLATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to translate; transferring
—	UNCUSTOMARY	—	[a.] · not customary
—	UNNECESSARY	—	[a.] · not necessary
—	UNSEAWORTHY	—	[a.] · not seaworthy +
—	VENTILATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of ventilation
—	VINDICATORY	—	[a.] · © tending or serving to vindicate or justify; justificatory; vindicative
—	ABOLITIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of abolition
—	ACCRETIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of accretion
—	ADJUDICATORY	—	[a.] · relating to adjudication
—	AMELIORATORY	—	[a.] · tending to ameliorate
—	ANNIHILATORY	—	[a.] · © annihilative~
—	ANNUNCIATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or containing, announcement; making known
—	ANTIBURGLARY	—	[a.] · intended to prevent burglary
—	ANTICIPATORY	—	[a.] · © forecasting; of the nature of anticipation
—	ANTIEPILEPSY	—	[a.] · (medicine) (of a drug or treatment) acting against epilepsy
—	ANTIMILITARY	—	[a.] · opposed to the military
—	ANTIMONOPOLY	—	[a.] · opposing the creation or continuance of a monopoly / [x] { antimonopolist § antimonopolies antimonopolists § antimonopoly }
—	APPRECIATORY	—	[a.] · © showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation
—	ARTICULATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of articulation
—	ASSIMILATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to assimilate, or produce assimilation; as, assimilatory organs
—	AUSCULTATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to auscultation
—	BLACKGUARDLY	—	[a.] · derivative of blackguard
—	COMMENDATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising
—	COMPENSATORY	—	[a.] · © serving for compensation; making amends
—	CONCILIATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating
—	CONDEMNATORY	—	[a.] · © condemning; containing or imposing condemnation or censure; as, a condemnatory sentence or decree
—	CONFIRMATORY	—	[a.] · © serving to confirm; corroborative
—	CONFISCATORY	—	[a.] · © effecting confiscation; characterized by confiscations
—	CONSECRATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to the act of consecration; dedicatory
—	CONSUMMATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of consummate
—	CONTRIBUTORY	—	[a.] · © contributing to the same stock or purpose; promoting the same end; bringing assistance to some joint design, or increase to some common stock; contributive
—	COTYLEDONARY	—	[a.] · © having a cotyledon; tufted; as, the cotyledonary placenta of the cow
—	CURMUDGEONLY	—	[a.] · © like a curmudgeon; niggardly; churlish; as, a curmudgeonly fellow
—	DEFLATIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of deflation
—	DENUNCIATORY	—	[a.] · © characterized by or containing a denunciation; minatory; accusing; threatening; as, severe and denunciatory language / [x] { denunciative denunciatory }
—	DEPRECIATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to depreciate; undervaluing; depreciative
—	DISCIPLINARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to discipline; intended for discipline; corrective; belonging to a course of training
—	DIVERSIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of diversion
—	ELEEMOSYNARY	—	[a.] · © relating to charity, alms, or almsgiving; intended for the distribution of charity; as, an eleemosynary corporation
—	ELOCUTIONARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to elocution
DR	EVOLUTIONARY	—	[a.] · © relating to evolution; as, evolutionary discussions
—	EXAGGERATORY	—	[a.] · © containing, or tending to, exaggeration; exaggerative
—	EXCLUSIONARY	—	[a.] · © tending to exclude; causing exclusion; exclusive
—	EXPANSIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of expansion
—	EXTORTIONARY	—	[a.] · © extortionate
—	EXTRASENSORY	—	[a.] · of or relating to extrasensory perception
—	FACILITATORY	—	[a.] · (medicine) acting to induce or assist the facilitation of neural activity
—	GINGERBREADY	—	[a.] · resembling gingerbread
—	HEADMASTERLY	—	[a.] · typical of the duties and behaviour of a headmaster
—	INFLAMMATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to inflame, kindle, or irritate
—	INFLATIONARY	—	[a.] · of, relating to, causing, or characterized by inflation
—	INGRATIATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of ingratiate
—	INTERCESSORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, of the nature of, or characterized by, intercession; interceding; as, intercessory prayer
—	INTERDICTORY	—	[a.] · © belonging to an interdiction; prohibitory
—	INTERFACULTY	—	[a.] · occurring between or involving two or more faculties
—	INTERJECTORY	—	[a.] · derivative of interjection
—	INTERLIBRARY	—	[a.] · occurring between two or more libraries
—	INTERSENSORY	—	[a.] · involving two or more senses, such as taste and smell
—	INTERSOCIETY	—	[a.] · intersocietal «occurring or existing between two or more societies»
—	INTIMIDATORY	—	[a.] · © tending or serving to intimidate
—	INTRACOMPANY	—	[a.] · occurring or existing within a company or between multiple branches of a company
—	INTRODUCTORY	—	[a.] · © serving to introduce something else; leading to the main subject or business; preliminary; prefatory; as, introductory proceedings; an introductory discourse
—	LANDLUBBERLY	—	[a.] · (humorous) like or typical of a landlubber / [x] { landlubberly landlubbing }
—	LEVOROTATORY	—	[a.] · © turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left; levogyrate~, as levulose, left-handed~ quartz crystals, etc~. / [x] { laevorotatory levorotatory }
—	MANIPULATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to manipulation
—	MARSHMALLOWY	—	[a.] · derivative of marshmallow
—	MASTURBATORY	—	[a.] · involving, conducive to, or suggestive of masturbation
—	MULTISENSORY	—	[a.] · involving more than one sense
—	NEUROSENSORY	—	[a.] · (histology) of or pertaining to the sensory activity or elements of the nervous system
—	NONARBITRARY	—	[a.] · not arbitrary or capricious
—	NONMIGRATORY	—	[a.] · not migratory, not involved in migration
—	NONSECRETORY	—	[a.] · not secretory
—	OTHERWORLDLY	—	[a.] · of or relating to the spiritual or imaginative world
—	OVERLITERARY	—	[a.] · excessively literary
—	PERFORMATORY	—	[a.] · performative / [x] { performative § performatives § performative performatory }
—	PERSPIRATORY	—	[a.] · © of, pertaining to, or producing, perspiration; as, the perspiratory ducts
—	PLEBISCITARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to plebiscite
—	POSTCORONARY	—	[a.] · of, relating to, or occurring after a heart attack
—	POSTDELIVERY	—	[a.] · of, relating to, or occurring after a delivery
—	POSTVAGOTOMY	—	[a.] · of or occurring in the period after a vagotomy
—	PREOVULATORY	—	[a.] · taking place before ovulation
—	PREVISIONARY	—	[a.] · having foresight
—	PROBATIONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to probation; serving for trial
—	PROPITIATORY	—	[a.] · © having the power to make propitious; pertaining to, or employed in, propitiation; expiatory; as, a propitiatory sacrifice
—	PROVISIONARY	—	[a.] · © provisional
—	PURIFICATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of purify
—	RECESSIONARY	—	[a.] · of, caused by, or undergoing economic recession
—	REFLATIONARY	—	[a.] · of or relating to an increase in economic activity
—	REMUNERATORY	—	[a.] · © remunerative «© affording remuneration; as, a remunerative payment for services; a remunerative business»
—	RENUNCIATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to renunciation; containing or declaring a renunciation; as, renunciatory vows
—	REVERSIONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to a reversion; involving a reversion; to be enjoyed in succession, or after the termination of a particular estate; as, a reversionary interest or right
—	SATISFACTORY	—	[a.] · meeting requirements or expectations
—	SECRETIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of secretion
—	STRIDULATORY	—	[a.] · © stridulous; able to stridulate; used in stridulating; adapted for stridulation
—	SUPERCILIARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to the eyebrows; supraorbital
—	SUPERSENSORY	—	[a.] · derivative of supersensible «imperceptible to or beyond reach of the senses»
—	SUPPLICATORY	—	[a.] · © containing supplication; humble; earnest
—	TESTAMENTARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to a will, or testament; as, letters testamentary
—	UNNEWSWORTHY	—	[a.] · not newsworthy +
—	VITUPERATORY	—	[a.] · (obsolete) abusive or blaming
—	ANTIAUTHORITY	—	[a.] · derivative of anti-authority~ «demonstrating a rejection of authority»
—	ANTIFERTILITY	—	[a.] · (medicine) acting to suppress fertility or as a contraceptive
—	ANTIOBSCENITY	—	[a.] · opposed to or working to combat obscenity
—	COMMUNICATORY	—	[a.] · © imparting knowledge or information
—	COMPLIMENTARY	—	[a.] · © expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket
—	CONCESSIONARY	—	[a.] · also: concessional, (k?n's???n?l) . of, granted, or obtained by a concession / [x] { concessional concessionary § concessional concessionary }
—	CONCLUSIONARY	—	[a.] · conclusory «belonging to a close or termination»
—	CONCRETIONARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to, or formed by, concretion or aggregation; producing or containing concretions
—	CONFABULATORY	—	[a.] · © of the nature of familiar talk; in the form of a dialogue
—	CONVULSIONARY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to convulsion; convulsive
—	CORROBORATORY	—	[a.] · © tending to strengthen; corroborative; as, corroboratory facts
—	DEVOLUTIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of devolution
—	DIGRESSIONARY	—	[a.] · being or functioning as a digression
—	DISCRETIONARY	—	[a.] · having or using the ability to decide at one's own discretion
—	DISSIMILATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of dissimilate «to make or become dissimilar»
—	EQUILIBRATORY	—	[a.] · inclined to produce equilibrium
—	EXPEDITIONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to an expedition; as, an expeditionary force
—	EXPOSTULATORY	—	[a.] · © containing expostulation or remonstrance; as, an expostulatory discourse or letter
—	EXTERMINATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to extermination; tending to exterminate
—	EXTRALITERARY	—	[a.] · outside of literature
—	EXTRAORDINARY	—	[a.] · © beyond or out of the common order or method; not usual, customary, regular, or ordinary; as, extraordinary evils; extraordinary remedies
—	GENITOURINARY	—	[a.] · © see Urogenital
—	GEOSTATIONARY	—	[a.] · (of a satellite) in a circular equatorial orbit in which it circles the earth once per sidereal day so that it appears stationary in relation to the earth's surface Also: geosynchronous
—	GESTICULATORY	—	[a.] · © representing by, or belonging to, gestures
—	GRANDFATHERLY	—	[a.] · © like a grandfather in age or manner; kind; benignant; indulgent
—	GRANDMOTHERLY	—	[a.] · © like a grandmother in age or manner; kind; indulgent
—	HALLUCINATORY	—	[a.] · © partaking of, or tending to produce, hallucination
—	HYPOPITUITARY	—	[a.] · derivative of hypopituitarism «(pathology) underactivity of the pituitary gland»
—	IMPROVISATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to improvisation or extemporaneous composition / [x] { improvisatorial improvisatory }
—	INCRIMINATORY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to crimination; tending to incriminate; criminatory~
—	INTEGUMENTARY	—	[a.] · derivative of integument «the protective layer around an ovule that becomes the seed coat»
—	INTERINDUSTRY	—	[a.] · occurring or existing between two or more industries
—	INTERLOCUTORY	—	[a.] · © consisting of, or having the nature of, dialogue; conversational
—	INVESTIGATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of investigate
—	JUSTIFICATORY	—	[a.] · © vindicatory; defensory~; justificative
—	LAEVOROTATORY	—	† [a.] · alternative spelling of levorotatory «turning or rotating the plane of polarization towards the left» / [x] { laevorotatory levorotatory }
—	NONELEMENTARY	—	[a.] · (computing) relating to a complexity class in computational complexity theory
—	NONHEREDITARY	—	[a.] · not passed down through families, not hereditary
—	NONSTATIONARY	—	[a.] · not stationary; in motion
—	PARLIAMENTARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to Parliament; as, parliamentary authority
—	PERAMBULATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of perambulate «to walk about (a place)»
—	POSTEMERGENCY	—	[a.] · of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
—	POSTVASECTOMY	—	[a.] · of or occurring in the period after a vasectomy
—	PRECAUTIONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to precaution, or precautions; as, precautionary signals
—	PRECOPULATORY	—	[a.] · carried out or occurring prior to copulation
—	RECRIMINATORY	—	[a.] · © having the quality of recrimination; retorting accusation; recriminating
—	REVERBERATORY	—	[a.] · © producing reverberation; acting by reverberation; reverberative
—	SEMILEGENDARY	—	[a.] · derivative of semi-legendary~ «somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary»
—	SEMISEDENTARY	—	[a.] · partially or somewhat sedentary
—	SOMATOSENSORY	—	[a.] · (physiology) relating to sensations felt by the skin
—	SUBINHIBITORY	—	[a.] · not completely inhibiting
—	SUBVENTIONARY	—	[a.] · derivative of subvention «a grant, aid, or subsidy, as from a government to an educational institution»
—	SUBVERSIONARY	—	[a.] · © promoting destruction
—	SUPPLEMENTARY	—	[a.] · © added to supply what is wanted; additional; being, or serving as, a supplement; as, a supplemental law; a supplementary sheet or volume
—	UNTRUSTWORTHY	—	[a.] · not trustworthy +
—	ANTIREGULATORY	—	[a.] · opposed to regulation
—	ANTITECHNOLOGY	—	[a.] · opposed to technology or the use of technological devices
—	ANTIUNIVERSITY	—	[a.] · a group or institution which disregards the established traditions or practices of university education
—	CIRCUMLOCUTORY	—	[a.] · © characterised by circumlocution; periphrastic
—	CLASSIFICATORY	—	[a.] · © pertaining to classification; admitting of classification
—	COEVOLUTIONARY	—	[a.] · of or relating to coevolution
—	CONGRATULATORY	—	[a.] · © expressive of sympathetic joy; as, a congratulatory letter
—	CONSUETUDINARY	—	[a.] · © customary
—	CONTRACTIONARY	—	[a.] · involving or constituting economic contraction
—	DEXTROROTATORY	—	[a.] · © turning, or causing to turn, toward the right hand; esp~., turning the plane of polarization of luminous rays toward the right hand; as, dextrorotatory crystals, sugars, etc~. Cf. Levorotatory / [x] { dextrorotary dextrorotatory }
—	DISCRIMINATORY	—	[a.] · © discriminative
—	HYPERPITUITARY	—	[a.] · of or relating to excessive pituitary function
—	INTERPLANETARY	—	[a.] · © between planets; as, interplanetary spaces
—	INTERPUPILLARY	—	[a.] · existing between the pupils of the eyes
—	MULTIFREQUENCY	—	[a.] · able to operate across or produce a range of frequencies
—	NEUROSECRETORY	—	[a.] · (physiology) participating in or causal of neurosecretion; pertaining to neurosecretion
—	NONDOCUMENTARY	—	[a.] · a film or television programme not reflecting real life
—	NONEXPLANATORY	—	[a.] · not explanatory
—	NONPROPRIETARY	—	[a.] · of or denoting a drug or agent that is not manufactured under a trade name
—	NONSUPERVISORY	—	[a.] · not supervisory
—	OSMOREGULATORY	—	[a.] · (zoology) characterized by osmoregulation
—	POSTCOPULATORY	—	[a.] · of or relating to the period of time following copulation
—	POSTMASTECTOMY	—	[a.] · of or relating to the period after a mastectomy
—	PROTOPLANETARY	—	[a.] · of or relating to protoplanets
—	RECOMMENDATORY	—	[a.] · intended to or serving to recommend
—	RECONCILIATORY	—	[a.] · derivative of reconcile
—	SCHOOLMASTERLY	—	[a.] · derivative of schoolmaster
—	STAGFLATIONARY	—	[a.] · of, caused by, or relating to, stagflation
—	SUPEREROGATORY	—	[a.] · © performed to an extent not enjoined, or not required, by duty or necessity; as, supererogatory services
—	TINTINNABULARY	—	[a.] · © having or making the sound of a bell; tinkling
—	TRANSMIGRATORY	—	[a.] · © passing from one body or state to another
—	UNCONTEMPORARY	—	[a.] · not contemporary
—	UNSATISFACTORY	—	[a.] · not satisfactory +
—	ANTIPORNOGRAPHY	—	[a.] · opposed to or acting against pornography
—	CARDIOPULMONARY	—	[a.] · of, relating to, or affecting the heart and lungs
—	DISINFLATIONARY	—	[a.] · of or relating to disinflation
—	DISSATISFACTORY	—	[a.] · © causing dissatisfaction; unable to give content; unsatisfactory; displeasing
—	INTERFRATERNITY	—	[a.] · occurring or existing between one or more fraternities
—	INTERUNIVERSITY	—	[a.] · existing or occurring between, or involving, two or more universities
—	NEUROFIBRILLARY	—	[a.] · derivative of neurofibril «any of the delicate threads within the body of a nerve cell that extend into the axon and dendrites»
—	NONCONTEMPORARY	—	[a.] · not contemporary
—	NONCONTRIBUTORY	—	[a.] · © not contributing
—	NONINFLAMMATORY	—	[a.] · (pathology) not inflammatory, not causing or caused by inflammation
—	NONINFLATIONARY	—	[a.] · not causing economic inflation
—	POSTSTIMULATORY	—	[a.] · following stimulation
—	SCHOOLMISTRESSY	—	[a.] · derivative of schoolmistress «a woman who teaches in or runs a school»
—	SUBSTITUTIONARY	—	[a.] · © of or pertaining to substitution; substitutional
—	UNCOMPLIMENTARY	—	[a.] · not complimentary +
—	UNEXTRAORDINARY	—	[a.] · not extraordinary +
—	UNPARLIAMENTARY	—	[a.] · not parliamentary +
—	UNREVOLUTIONARY	—	[a.] · not revolutionary

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