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- adjective of or relating to a
commentary
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Examples
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It is a thoughtless scattering of acceptable words and is as unlike the review conceived as a portrait as is the hostile kind of commentatory review which I have been discussing.
The Art of Letters Robert Lynd 1914
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As another commentatory has pointed out, you seem to be locked up in the ivory tower with little real-world experience.
The Price of Cold Turkey, Bryan Caplan | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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At home he grunted ` ` Eh? '' across the newspaper to his commentatory wife, and was delighted by Tinka's new red tam o'shanter, and announced, ` ` No class to that corrugated iron garage.
Babbitt 1922
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The latter has a commentatory letter to this end, from Gen. Jackson, dated the 19th of March, which denotes an interest on this topic that argues favorably of his views of moral things.
Memoirs of 30 Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Schoolcraft, H R 1851
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The latter has a commentatory letter to this end, from Gen. Jackson, dated the 19th of March, which denotes an interest on this topic that argues favorably of his views of moral things.
Personal Memoirs of a Residence of Thirty Years with the Indian Tribes on the American Frontiers Henry Rowe Schoolcraft 1828
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The actors, especially Stewart and Welles, give a hyper exuberant commentatory on each amendment.
Latest Articles 2009
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across the newspaper to his commentatory wife, and was delighted by Tinkas new red tam oshanter, and announced, No class to that corrugated iron garage.
Chapter 26 1922
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At home he grunted “Eh?” across the newspaper to his commentatory wife, and was delighted by Tinka’s new red tam o’shanter, and announced, “No class to that corrugated iron garage.
Babbit 2004
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At home he grunted "Eh?" across the newspaper to his commentatory wife, and was delighted by Tinka's new red tam o'shanter, and announced, "No class to that corrugated iron garage.
Babbitt Sinclair Lewis 1918
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