Relating to or characteristic of development; developmental in nature or quality.
From development + -ary (suffix creating adjectives), a rare synonym for 'developmental' that appears occasionally in academic writing.
This word is so obscure that most dictionaries don't include it—yet linguists find it useful for describing 'developmentary stages' versus 'developmental psychology,' with subtle but real meaning differences!
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