vindicatorily,adv. [f. vindicatory a.] In a vindicatory or justifying manner. 1854N. P. Willis in Life & Lett. W. Irving (1864) IV. 179 Thus vindicatorily of his friend spoke the just and kind Geoffrey Crayon.189119th Cent. Dec. 1019 The vindicatorily personal denial of Councils of War in 1866.