exhibitory

American  

[ig-zib-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ɪgˈzɪb ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

1. pertaining to or intended for exhibition or display.

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Etymology

Origin of exhibitory

First recorded in 1600–10, exhibitory is from the Late Latin word exhibitōrius relating to showing, displaying. See exhibit, -tory ¹

Example Sentences

Now, I must premise that I arrogate to myself no exhibitory rights in this lady.

From At a Winter's Fire by Capes, Bernard Edward Joseph

Our contemporaries, so inconstant, so impatient, who wear out the attention of the public by the excessive multiplicity of their exhibitory manifestations, should occasionally think of the conditions under which their forerunners laboured.

From Women Painters of the World From the Time of Caterina Vigri, 1413-1463, to Rosa Bonheur and the Present Day by Sparrow, Walter Shaw

This increases his attractiveness to youthful minds, but to a nature like Hawthorne's anything of an exhibitory character must always be unpleasant.

From The Life and Genius of Nathaniel Hawthorne by Stearns, Frank Preston