interjectory
Americanadjective
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characterized by interjection; interjectional.
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thrust in; interjected.
an interjectory word.
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The King made an interjectory movement, but the Prince went on.
From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Laurence Housman
She stood arranging her veil before the mirror over the mantelpiece, uttering the usual interjectory expressions of regret.
From The Independence of Claire by Mrs. George de Horne Vaizey
He was greatly interested in as much of the story as he could follow—Emmy was somewhat discursive—and as his interjectory remarks were unprovocative of argument, he constituted himself a good listener.
From Septimus by William John Locke
With other human beings—saving only the children—his intercourse was limited as far as possible to interjectory grunts and snarls—whence his name.
From Mad Shepherds and Other Human Studies by L. P. Jacks
Now it began to be broken with interjectory sentences, and just here was one, the tenor of which I could not altogether understand, but have since comprehended more or less clearly.
From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by William Dean Howells
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