interjectory
Americanadjective
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characterized by interjection; interjectional.
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thrust in; interjected.
an interjectory word.
Other Word Forms
- interjectorily adverb
Etymology
Origin of interjectory
Example Sentences
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These interjectory phrases allude to the inability to concentrate or think on one’s feet.
From Forbes
Now it began to be broken with interjectory sentences, and just here was one, the tenor of which I could not altogether understand, but have since comprehended more or less clearly.
From Project Gutenberg
I had taken no part in the recent interjectory conversation.
From Project Gutenberg
Interjectory this journal must be, even my sketches are running into meaningless strokes with so many subjects following one on the top of the other.
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The loquacious herb gave a fresh impulse to the conversation, and the party fell to talking in a broken, interjectory way of youthful scenes and experiences, each contributing some reminiscence, and the others chiming in and adding scraps, or perhaps confessing their inability to recall the occurrences.
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