relationaryadj.
/rᵻˈleɪʃn̩(ə)ri/, U.S. /rəˈleɪʃəˌnɛri/, /riˈleɪʃəˌnɛri/ Of, relating to, or characterized by relation or relationships; relational.
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relationala1690
relationary1810
relatival1850
1810 R. Smith Let. 19 Oct. in Gen. Chron. & Literary Mag. (1811) 3 State Papers 524 The system of paper blockades which differ in name only from the relationary system comprised in the orders in council.
1848 R. I. Wilberforce Doctr. Incarnation (1852) v. 109 Our Lord had an inherent and independent, not merely a conditional and relationary existence.
1925 W. P. Montague Ways of Knowing iii. 85 Every judgment is reduced to a relation of identity between a subject-term and a relationary complex predicate term.
2004 A.-K. Braun Dramatic Lab. iii. 116 The mirror as an exclusionary and relationary instrument becomes a sign of the struggle between Mistress and Maid.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online June 2022).
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adj.1810- to tug at the an oar
- to tug at the heartstrings
- to tug at the oar
- to tug it out
- to tug out
- to tug the labouring oar
- to tumble up
- to tumble up a person's heels
- to tune in
- to tune in on or in to
- to tune off
- to tune one's pipe
- to tune out
- to tune up
- to turn a blind eye
- to turn a bothered ear
- to turn a deaf ear
- to turn a deaf ear to
- to turn a etc like a welshman's hose
- to turn a matter into a joke
- to turn a nelson's eye to
- to turn a new page
- to turn a page
- to turn a penny
- to turn a person footloose