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Exploratory

adjective

Serving in or intended for exploration or discovery. Synonym: explorative. "Exploratory reconnaissance" , "Digging an exploratory well in the Gulf of Mexico" , "Exploratory talks between diplomats"

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"Exploratory" Quotes from Famous Books

... enquiry; but if we are sly, we are also lynx-eyed, capital detectives, most ingenious in fitting together the bits and dovetails of a cumulative case; and in those affairs of love and liking, have a terrible exploratory instinct, and so, for the most part, when detected we are found out not only to be in love, but to be ...

— Uncle Silas - A Tale of Bartram-Haugh • J.S. Le Fanu

... mantel ornaments. Sir Godfrey, how old is Mrs. Roperstone?... You never know on principle. I think I shall make Mr. Stratton guess. What do you think, Mr. Stratton?... You never guess on principle! Well, we're all very high principled. (Fresh exploratory movements of the lorgnette.) Mr. Stratton, tell me; is that little peaked man near Lady Ladislaw Mr. Roperstone? ...

— The Passionate Friends • Herbert George Wells

Words linked to "Exploratory" : beta, explore, searching, wildcat, alpha, nonexploratory, preliminary