prelude
noun
a preliminary to an action, event, condition, or work of broader scope and higher importance.
unpreluded
-
a word derived from
prelude.
Example Sentences
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He was sitting on the edge of the bed idly smoothing the wrinkles out of a pet necktie when a gently insinuating knock unpreluded by a step in the hall caused him to start.
From Blacksheep! Blacksheep! by Meredith Nicholson
