diversional
Americanadjective
Etymology
Origin of diversional
Example Sentences
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“People who cared for them noticed it was more than a diversional activity, that it could be incorporated into the overall treatment,” he said.
From Washington Times • Oct. 2, 2016
"I believe this 'leak' is for diversional tactics and is not practical," Rubaie wrote in an email.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 21, 2015
The games were partly, sometimes wholly, diversional, but generally they were in large part divinatory, and thus reflected the hazardous occupations and low culture-status of the people.
From The Siouan Indians by McGee, W. J. (William John)
Among the young, the gambols, races, and other sports were chiefly or wholly diversional, and commonly mimicked the avocations of the adults.
From The Siouan Indians by McGee, W. J. (William John)
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