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diversionary
adjective di·ver·sion·ary \də-ˈvər-zhə-ˌner-ē, dī-, -shə-\
: tending or intended to take attention away from someone or something important
Full Definition of DIVERSIONARY
: tending to draw attention away from the principal concern : being a diversion
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First Known Use of DIVERSIONARY
1846
Rhymes with DIVERSIONARY
apothecary, bicentenary, confectionary, confectionery, consigliere, constabulary, contemporary, deflationary, disciplinary, discretionary, epistolary, exclusionary, expansionary, extemporary, extraordinary, fiduciary, hereditary, illusionary, imaginary, incendiary, inflationary, insanitary, intercalary, involuntary, itinerary, judiciary, lending library, marionberry, obituary, olallieberry, on the contrary, pecuniary, pituitary, precautionary, preliminary, presidiary, probationary, proprietary, provisionary, reactionary, subliterary, subsidiary, tercentenary, unnecessary, veterinary, vocabulary, voluptuary
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