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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

contractionary en · ADJ

Etymology

Etymology tree English contraction Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusder. Middle English -arie English -ary English contractionary From contraction + -ary.

Meanings

  1. Tending to cause contraction.

Forms

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most contractionary Degree=Sup lexicographic
more contractionary Degree=Cmp lexicographic

Antonyms

expansionary

Hypernyms

nonexpansionary

Relateds

compressive · contractive · contractile · astringent

Translations (1)

es contraccionario (Translations)