Ary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

adjective Chiefly Midland and Southern U.S.
  1. any; anyone.
  2. none, not any; nary.
  1. a suffix occurring originally in loanwords from Classical and Medieval Latin, on adjectives (elementary; honorary; stationary; tributary), personal nouns (actuary; notary; secretary), or nouns denoting objects, especially receptacles or places (library; rosary; glossary). The suffix has the general sense “pertaining to, connected with” the referent named by the base; it is productive in English, sometimes with the additional senses “contributing to,” “for the purpose of,” and usually forming adjectives: complimentary; visionary; revolutionary; inflationary.
suffix
  1. of; related to; belonging to
  2. (forming nouns)
    • a person connected with or engaged in
    • a thing relating to; a place for
Ary (noun) Definition, Meaning & Examples

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