What does expeditionary mean?
Expeditionary means Of or pertaining to an expedition..
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Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Of or pertaining to an expedition..
an expeditionary force
[...] turned out in its best attire to receive the Brazilian expeditionaries and the group of soldiers representing the gallant U.S. 10th Mountain Division.
He who had been left for dead, rose again in three days to become the leader of the expeditionaries and, in a very real way (albeit not exclusively), [...]. Antonio “ Tintin” Vizintin was brave and strong, qualities that made him a good expeditionary.
Use expeditionary when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Expeditionary means Of or pertaining to an expedition..
Common synonyms include military.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
an expeditionary force
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