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narratory, a.|ˈnærətərɪ|
[ad. L. type *narrātōri-us: see narrate v. and -ory1, and cf. It. narratorio, obs. F. narratoire.]
Characterized by, inclined to, narration; of a narrative nature.
1586A. Day Eng. Secretary ii. (1625) 59 The first where⁓of appeareth to be Narratory and Nunciatorie. 1649Roberts Clavis Bibl. 540 The narratory description of the famine in brief. 1803F. Burney Let. 23 Mar., I had hoped some return in some of your narratory letters in which I so delight. a1853W. Jay Autobiogr. (1855) i. 13 Such a work is devotional rather than narratory. 1887J. Hatton Old Ho. at Sandwich iii. xiv, By what may be called a forward narratory movement. |