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The pad, first dipped into the pounce, is rubbed preparatorily upon some paper to remove the superfluous powder, and then upon the actual work.

From Embroidery and Tapestry Weaving by Christie, Grace

To that end I read preparatorily, yesterday, what account I could find of it in all the botanical books in the house.

From Proserpina, Volume 1 Studies Of Wayside Flowers by Ruskin, John

‘Is everybody here?’ he asks preparatorily over his shoulder to the passengers within.

From Life's Little Ironies by Hardy, Thomas

The King's Advocate pulled out a puce-coloured bandanna, and waved it abroad preparatorily to blowing his nose.

From Romance by Conrad, Joseph

The three latter of these our Lord gives to his disciples in this blessed sermon on the Mount, preparatorily, and, as Donne rightly goes on to observe, presupposing faith as the ground and root.

From The Literary Remains of Samuel Taylor Coleridge by Coleridge, Henry Nelson