deductory

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deductory (comparative more deductory, superlative most deductory)

  1. (obsolete) deductive; involving deduction
    • 1871, William Bassett Walker, Cyclical Deluges, page 106:
      Geology (like astronomy) is partly a deductory science, made up of constantly recurring discoveries, which give birth to new phases of thought; []