expeditionary

[ ek-spi-dish-uh-ner-ee ]

/ ˌɛk spɪˈdɪʃ əˌnɛr i /

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adjective

pertaining to or composing an expedition: an expeditionary force.

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Origin of expeditionary

First recorded in 1700–10; expedition + -ary

OTHER WORDS FROM expeditionary

pre·ex·pe·di·tion·ar·y, adjective

Words nearby expeditionary

expeditate, expedite, expedited, expediter, expedition, expeditionary, expeditious, expeditiously, expel, expellant, expelled

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How to use expeditionary in a sentence

But AM-2 is not a friend to the agility that justifies the F-35B over other forms of expeditionary airpower.
Why Can’t America’s Newest Stealth Jet Land Like It’s Supposed To?|Bill Sweetman|May 26, 2014|DAILY BEAST
As commander of the American Expeditionary Force, Pershing made two all-important and bitterly controversial decisions.
David's Bookclub: Until the Last Trumpet Sounds|David Frum|December 24, 2012|DAILY BEAST
A splendid expeditionary force sails away; invades an Empire, storms the outworks and in doing so knocks itself to bits.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I|Ian Hamilton
Amidst such scenery the expeditionary flotilla began its voyage at eleven o'clock.
The British Expedition to the Crimea|William Howard Russell

Outfitted thus we might have been major generals or we might have been second lieutenants of the American Expeditionary Forces.
The Glory of The Coming|Irvin S. Cobb
The day after war was declared, recruiting was begun for an expeditionary force of 21,000 men.
The Canadian Dominion|Oscar D. Skelton
From August 7th onward, until the Expeditionary Force had been safely landed, the submarines kept their watch.
The Heroic Record of the British Navy|Archibald Hurd

British Dictionary definitions for expeditionary

expeditionary

/ (ˌɛkspɪˈdɪʃənərɪ) /

adjective

relating to or constituting an expedition, esp a military onean expeditionary force

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