adjective
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of, involving, or serving as a limit
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restricted or limited
Etymology
Origin of limitary
Example Sentences
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Thou guardest those whom heaven has cursed Lest from their prison-house they burst, And standest by the gates of hell Their limitary sentinel.
From The Rámáyan of Válmíki, translated into English verse by Ralph T. H. (Ralph Thomas Hotchkin) Griffith
Not that I fear, do I decline the fight: You I disdain; let me with Him contend, On whom your limitary powers depend.
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 05 by Sir Walter Scott
He was reminded, however, that his power was limitary, and that he would not be allowed to exceed it.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
The brilliant dare-devil from Italy despised alike the raw, limitary, reputable, priggish undergraduates and the dull, snuffling, smug-looking, fussy dons.
From The Life of Sir Richard Burton by Thomas Wright
I never stood much affected to these limitary specialities.
From The Works of Charles and Mary Lamb — Volume 6 Letters 1821-1842 by Mary Lamb
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