a. [f. L. tūtōri-us (f. tūtor, TUTOR) + -AL.] Of or pertaining to a tutor.
1. Rom. and Sc. Law. Of or pertaining to a legal guardian; cf. TUTOR 2 b.
1742. Kames, Decis. Crt. Sess. 1730–52 (1799), 44. After the Major’s death, tutorial inventories were made up of his estate.
a. 1768. Erskine, Inst. Law Scot., I. vii. § 32 (1773), 131. The defender does not … insist for any balance that may be due by the tutor upon his tutorial accounts.
1880. Muirhead, Gaius, III. § 107. Provided that, where tutorial authorization is required, his tutor has intervened.
b. Protecting, defensive. nonce-use.
1898. Blackw. Mag., Oct., 536/2. Stones … held in their place by diverse-running lines of Bricks … tutorial bricks till the adobe coping is reached.
2. Of or pertaining to a teacher or instructor; esp. pertaining to a college tutor.
1822. Macaulay, in Life & Lett. (1883), I. ii. 110. I begin my tutorial labours to-morrow.
1858. Goldw. Smith, in Oxford Ess., 265. The tutorial system was aroused from its lethargy, and the number of tutors and lectures was increased.
1881. Nature, 28 April, 614/1. Their tutorial and laboratory courses of instruction.
1886. F. Pollard in Antiquary, Feb., 53/2. Colleges to be closed, and professorial and tutorial duties to be entirely suspended.
1906. Times, 23 June, 6/3. A tutorial Fellow will be appointed at Pembroke College early in Michaelmas term.
Hence Tutorially adv., in a tutorial manner; as or by a tutor; by way of tuition.
1818–60. Whately, Commlp. Bk. (1864), 34. Rough and awkward,… and of course tutorially pedantic.
1891. Academy, 31 Jan., 102/2 (Advert.). His duties will be to assist the Professor … and to direct tutorially the English work of the Normal Students.
