Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- By way of preface.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adverb In a prefatory manner; by way of preface.
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- adverb In a
prefatory manner; by way ofpreface .
Etymologies
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Examples
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An excellent start to conversation; prefatorily, rhetoric is also sincerity insofar as there is some thingness one is to be convinced of or eased into, like cold cars and warm woolen mittens.
Avant Lyric, a few observations toward an essay, part one Lemon Hound 2008
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The importance of the chosen period is prefatorily urged by the editor: "In comparison with the Elizabethan or the Modern Augustan, (as the reign of Anne has been designated) that which may be appropriately termed the Georgian Era, possesses a paramount claim to notice; for not only has it been equally fertile in conspicuous characters, and more prolific of great events, but its influence is actually felt by the existing community of Great Britain."
The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832 Various
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But I think, the Hints you have given me, should also prefatorily be given to the Publick; _viz.
Samuel Richardson's Introduction to Pamela Samuel Richardson 1725
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