interjectory

American  

[in-ter-jek-tuh-ree] / ˌɪn tərˈdʒɛk tə ri /

adjective

1. characterized by interjection; interjectional.

2. thrust in; interjected.

   an interjectory word.

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Other Word Forms

• interjectorily adverb

Etymology

Origin of interjectory

First recorded in 1855–60; interject + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

Seaton talked least of all, and in a restless interjectory way, as he continually fidgeted from chair to chair.

From The Best British Short Stories of 1922 by Cournos, John

The King made an interjectory movement, but the Prince went on.

From King John of Jingalo The Story of a Monarch in Difficulties by Housman, Laurence

I had taken no part in the recent interjectory conversation.

From The Wonder by Beresford, J. D. (John Davys)

He followed me, rapping gently with his cane on the floor, and with little interjectory remarks of "That's so!"

From Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 01 Little Journeys to the Homes of Good Men and Great by Hubbard, Elbert

Now it began to be broken with interjectory sentences, and just here was one, the tenor of which I could not altogether understand, but have since comprehended more or less clearly.

From Shapes that Haunt the Dusk by Howells, William Dean