HyperDic: petitionary

English > 1 sense of the word petitionary:
ADJECTIVEallpetitionaryof the nature of or expressing a petition
English > petitionary: 1 sense > adjective 1
MeaningOf the nature of or expressing a petition.
Example"the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness"
Broaderbeseeching, pleading, imploringbegging
Nounspetitiona formal message requesting something that is submitted to an authority

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