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English
Etymology
Either from French questionnaire or formed in English from question + -ary.
Pronunciation
Noun
questionary (plural questionaries)
- A questionnaire.
- A list of questions; a text comprising a set of questions.
1928, Lewis Spence, Mysteries of Britain, page viii. 180:In this questionary God is described as the life of ab Hywel Swrdwal, a poet who flourished about 1450, a good deal of insight is given into the Bardic philosophy of existence.
- (archaic) One who makes it his business to seek after relics and carry them about for sale.
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Adjective
questionary (comparative more questionary, superlative most questionary)
- Inquiring; asking questions; testing.
- August 17, 1736, Alexander Pope, letter to Jonathan Swift
- And I grow Laconic even beyond Laconiciſme; for ſometimes I return only Yes, or No, to queſtionary or petitionary Epiſtles of half a yard long.