a. [f. as prec. + -ARY] = TRANSITIONAL.
1685. H. More, Paralip. Prophet., xxi. 181. This third Introductory Vision is a kind of Transitionary Introduction to the Opened Book-Prophecy.
1827. Examiner, 630/2. The rapid, elastic, transitionary style of this actor.
1858. Buckle, Civiliz. (1864), I. viii. 472. The transitionary state which France began to enter.
1900. Literature, 14 July, 28/1. The Induction … is essentially or a transitionary character.
