Deviatory
adj
adj ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending to deviate.
"And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus."
Example
More examples"And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus."
Etymology
From deviate + -ory.