preparatorily, adv.
(prɪˈpærətərɪlɪ)
[f. next + -ly2.]
In a preparatory manner; in or by way of preparation; as a preliminary (to an action).
| a 1631 Donne Serm. lviii. (1640) 583 Preparatorily in himself, and then declaratorily towards God. 1685 Baxter Paraphr. N.T. Matt. iii. 11, I do but baptize you preparatorily with water to repentance. 1809 Hist. in Ann. Reg. 169/2 To submit certain motions, preparatorily to a measure which he had had..in contemplation. 1886 Nature 8 Apr. 540/1 When we get the chromosphere agitated preparatorily to one of these tremendous outbursts. |