dietary

American  

[dahy-i-ter-ee] / ˈdaɪ ɪˌtɛr i /

adjective

1. of or relating to diet.

   a dietary cure.

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noun

plural

dietaries

1. a regulated allowance of food.

2. Obsolete. a system or course of diet.

dietary British  

/ ˈdaɪətərɪ, -trɪ /

adjective

1. of or relating to a diet

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noun

1. a regulated diet

2. a system of dieting

Other Word Forms

• dietarily adverb
• predietary adjective

Etymology

Origin of dietary

1400–50; late Middle English dietarie system of diet. See diet ¹, -ary

Example Sentences

New federal dietary guidelines that encourage eating more animal protein could be a boon for Tyson, King said.

From Barron's

In addition, the dietary survey data relied on self-reported intake, which can underestimate sodium consumption, particularly from restaurant and takeaway foods.

From Science Daily

Floyd has to be able to catch enough birds to sustain his dietary needs, Moore says, and suspects that catching them is like shooting fish in a barrel given the thousands of birds there.

From BBC

But bigger burgers also come with more calories, fat and sodium, dietary experts note.

From MarketWatch

New dietary guidelines urge Americans to prioritize the nutrient at every meal and consume 1.2 to 1.6 grams of it daily for every kilogram of body weight, up from a prior recommendation of 0.8 grams.

From The Wall Street Journal