Adjective : prefatory explanations. From Dictionary.com.
An excellent start to conversation; prefatorily, rhetoric is also sincerity insofar as there is some thingness one is to be convinced of or eased into, like cold cars and warm woolen mittens. From Wordnik.com. [Avant Lyric, a few observations toward an essay, part one] Reference
The importance of the chosen period is prefatorily urged by the editor: "In comparison with the Elizabethan or the Modern Augustan, (as the reign of Anne has been designated) that which may be appropriately termed the Georgian Era, possesses a paramount claim to notice; for not only has it been equally fertile in conspicuous characters, and more prolific of great events, but its influence is actually felt by the existing community of Great Britain.". From Wordnik.com. [The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 19, No. 535, February 25, 1832] Reference
Mrs. McCann sniffed several times prefatorily. From Wordnik.com. [Flamsted quarries] Reference
"I thought maybe -- but --" She coughed prefatorily. From Wordnik.com. [The Turmoil] Reference
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