substitutionary
English
Etymology
From substitution + -ary.
Adjective
substitutionary (comparative more substitutionary, superlative most substitutionary)
- Of or relating to substitution or replacement.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 209:
- I did not perceive that his irony, his secret, and his parade of feeling, were all alike theatrical, and substitutionary for real interest and sincerity.
- 1820, Charles Maturin, Melmoth the Wanderer, volume 1, page 209:
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