Synonyms for prefatory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : pref-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee

Phonetic Transcription : ˈprɛf əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i

Définition of prefatory

Origin : 1670s, from Latin praefat-, past participle stem of praefari (see preface (n.)) + -ory.

adj opening

Example sentences :

In this prefatory note I confine myself to the career of the younger sister.
Extract from : « Les Parsis » by D. Menant

With these prefatory remarks, I will give the legend as recorded by Giraldus.
Extract from : « Welsh Folk-Lore » by Elias Owen

Moleto's prefatory letter to Vita dell' Ammiraglio, April 25, 1571.
Extract from : « The Discovery of America Vol. 1 (of 2) » by John Fiske.

She was wanting to correct the proofs of the book and rewrite the prefatory memoir.
Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster

I did it in a prefatory note to a book of mine called Tom Sawyer.
Extract from : « Essays on Paul Bourget » by Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens)

Sordid dialogue, prefatory to the thin story of the plot, began.
Extract from : « The Angel » by Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull

At this prefatory remark Yudushka would grow green with rage.
Extract from : « A Family of Noblemen » by Mikhal Saltykov

With this war I design to conclude my prefatory sketch and my second book.
Extract from : « The Histories of Polybius, Vol. I (of 2) » by Polybius

But she paused an instant at a prefatory cough from the handmaiden.
Extract from : « It Never Can Happen Again » by William De Morgan

Unfortunately for my desires, I can only be prefatory in the case of my own.
Extract from : « The Chalice Of Courage » by Cyrus Townsend Brady

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