ex-directory

[ eks-di-rek-tuh-ree, -tree, -dahy- ]

adjectiveBritish.
  1. (of a telephone number) unlisted in a telephone directory.

Origin of ex-directory

1
First recorded in 1935–40

Words Nearby ex-directory

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British Dictionary definitions for ex-directory

ex-directory

adjective
  1. mainly British not listed in a telephone directory, by request, and not disclosed to inquirers: US and Canadian term: unlisted

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