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from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as interjectional.

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Examples

  • "Bulstrode!" said two or three voices at once in a low tone, one of them, which was the draper's, respectfully prefixing the "Mr.;" but nobody having more intention in this interjectural naming than if they had said

    Middlemarch 1871

  • "Bulstrode!" said two or three voices at once in a low tone, one of them, which was the draper's, respectfully prefixing the "Mr.;" but nobody having more intention in this interjectural naming than if they had said "the Riverston coach" when that vehicle appeared in the distance.

    Middlemarch: a study of provincial life (1900) 1871

  • "Bulstrode!" said two or three voices at once in a low tone, one of them, which was the draper's, respectfully prefixing the "Mr.;" but nobody having more intention in this interjectural naming than if they had said "the Riverston coach" when that vehicle appeared in the distance.

    Middlemarch George Eliot 1849

  • He started back two or three paces, rapped out a dozen interjectural oaths, and asked, what the devil had brought you here.

    The Rivals A Comedy Richard Brinsley Sheridan 1783

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