ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Volitary

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Volitary is an adjective meaning (rare) Pertaining to flight.

Meaning

(rare) Pertaining to flight.

Example Sentences

a vain thought […] is such a fleeting and volitary thing […]
Many of these petrifactions had been the ossified parts of birds, that are at present (as far as is known) extinct in these islands, whose probable tameness, or want of volitary powers, caused them to be early extirpated by a people, driven by both hunger and superstition (either reason is quite sufficient in its way) to rid themselves of their presence.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include volitorial, aviatorial, voluntary, fugal, volitational, volitive.

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