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detractoryadjective
That detracts from something; disparaging, depreciatory.
Etymology: From dectractorius, from detractor.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Detractoryadjective
Defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory. Sometimes with to, properly from.
Etymology: from detract.
This is not only derogatory unto the wisdom of God, who hath proposed the world unto our knowledge, and thereby the notion of himself, but also detractory unto the intellect and sense of man, expressedly disposed for that inquisition. Brown.
In mentioning the joys of heaven, I use the expressions I find less detractory from a theme above our praises. Boyle.
The detractory lye takes from a great man the reputation that justly belongs to him. John Arbuthnot, History of J. Bull.
Webster Dictionary
Detractoryadjective
defamatory by denial of desert; derogatory; calumnious
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of detractory in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of detractory in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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