Deviational

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Of, pertaining to, involving or inclining toward some form of deviation. not-comparable

    "The verbs which diner in the perfect and the supine may be called deviational, as in a marked way deviating (de, from, and via, a way) from the ordinary forms, and those that are without certain parts may be termed defective (de, from, and facio, I make)."

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aberrantabroadadriftamissaskewastray

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"The verbs which diner in the perfect and the supine may be called deviational, as in a marked way deviating (de, from, and via, a way) from the ordinary forms, and those that are without certain parts may be termed defective (de, from, and facio, I make)."

Etymology

From deviation + -al.

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