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prohibitory
[ proh-hib-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
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Other Words From
- pro·hibi·tori·ly adverb
- nonpro·hibi·tori·ly adverb
- nonpro·hibi·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of prohibitory1
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Example Sentences
The inference which ought to have been drawn from these facts was that the prohibitory system was absurd.
Reaching out a hand so white it was in itself a shock, he laid it in a certain prohibitory way on the pall, as if saying no.
In unions under the Prohibitory Order, also able-bodied single women.
The moderate use of brandy was universal, but the drunkenness which blots these days of prohibitory laws was comparatively rare.
Agriculture on a large scale finds it a heavy drawback; to agriculture on a small scale it is often prohibitory.
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