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Etymology

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From deviate +‎ -ory.

Adjective

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deviatory (comparative more deviatory, superlative most deviatory)

  1. Tending to deviate.
    • 1702, Samuel Parker, Tully's Five Books de Finibus:
      And I do not question but to satisfie your Scruples, and remove your Prejudices about the Deviatory Motion of the Atoms, the Bigness of the Sun, and the reasonableness of the Improvements made by Epicurus upon Democritus.