repetitious
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonrepetitious adjective
- nonrepetitiously adverb
- nonrepetitiousness noun
- repetitiously adverb
- repetitiousnes noun
- repetitiousness noun
- unrepetitious adjective
- unrepetitiously adverb
- unrepetitiousness noun
Etymology
Origin of repetitious
1665–75; < Latin repetīt ( us ) (past participle of repetere to repeat ) + -ious
Example Sentences
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"What babies need and what they learn from the best are simple, slow, repetitious, face-to-face interactions."
From BBC
He proves his stature as a first-rate actor by rendering these repetitious eruptions of bitterness insignificant.
While no financial records are publicly available for Whatever and Atlas did not respond to Salon’s requests for an interview, he’s clearly making a mint from this repetitious shtick.
From Salon
My thigh muscles twist and cramp from the repetitious movement.
From Literature
The repetitious process of packing up and settling into new places allowed her to easily decipher which tracks she wanted to keep pushing and which ones she would leave behind.
From Los Angeles Times
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