combinatory
AmericanEtymology
Origin of combinatory
First recorded in 1640–50; combinat(ion) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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In the new book, as in the earlier one, what is so remarkable is her combinatory genius.
From The New Yorker • May 29, 2017
As we make decisions about our children’s educational future, we hope that we all remember that combinatory lesson.
From Washington Post • Mar. 5, 2012
That was the extent of Ramos's preview, presumably before he steered the conversation towards Moses Schonfinkel, the inventor of combinatory logic and one of the fondest sons of the very interesting town of Dnipropetrovsk.
From The Guardian • Apr. 5, 2011
This is not evinced so much in creative directions as in poetical, musical, combinatory, inventional and what, if coupled with learning, we call literary imagination.
From The Negro Problem by Fortune, Timothy Thomas
Juxtapositional, combinatory, and inflectional strata in the formation of the Aryan language, 138.
From Chips from a German Workshop - Volume IV Essays chiefly on the Science of Language by Müller, F. Max (Friedrich Max)
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