PREFATORY Prefatory is often used to describe an introduction to a speech, book, or other text. If you are asked to speak on a highly controversial subject, you may want to first offer some prefatory remarks that you are only offering your opinion. But at least half the audience will disagree with whatever you say anyway. Your will may have a prefatory clause explaining why youve left everything to your cat Fluffy and not to your awful siblings. Full Definition of PREFATORY : of, relating to, or constituting a preface : located in front : involving, or serving as a preface; introductory Examples of PREFATORY The speaker made some prefatory remarks. Each chapter in the book has a prefatory quotation. Origin of PREFATORY Latin praefari First Known Use: 1675
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