fractionaryadj.
/ˈfrakʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈfrækʃəˌnɛri/ a. = fractional adj.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > [adjective]
halfa1300
brokec1380
incompletec1380
imperfecta1398
infecta1398
unperfecta1398
uncompletec1430
unfullc1450
partile1576
unentire?1605
half-faced1607
fragmentary1612
broken1634
partiary1654
fractional1675
fractionarya1690
half-way1694
fragmentala1763
half-and-half1796
fragmentitious1827
incompleted1836
sectional1848
mincemeaty1870
a.
a1690 S. Jeake Λογιστικηλογία (1696) 32 But the further practise therewith must be referred to Fractionary or Contract Operations.
1847 R. Gilfillan in Tait's Edinb. Mag. 14 523 To discharge even a fractionary part of what would never in whole be defrayed.
b. Dealing with or carried on by fractions or fragments.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > incompleteness > part of whole > [adjective] > consisting or done in pieces > dealing with or carried on by fragments
fractionary1840
1840 J. W. Carlyle Lett. I. 128 Fritters away my time in fractionary writing.
1847 T. De Quincey Secret Societies in Tait's Edinb. Mag. Oct. 666 Beyond what can be supplied by the fractionary life of petty brokerage or commerce.
c. Tending to divide into fractions.
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1867 Contemp. Rev. 5 154 The ‘fractionary’ ecclesiastical spirit of the African Christians has been traced in the enormous numbers of the African bishops.
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