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auxiliary
adjective
noun
functioning in a supporting capacity
Quick reference
Word Facts
- Word length
- 9
- Starts with
- A
- Ends with
- Y
- Contains
- UXILIAR
- Scrabble score
- 19
- Database source
- OEWN 2025 Core
How it sounds
Pronunciation
ɔːkˈsɪljəɹi
Meaning
Definitions
adjective
functioning in a supporting capacity
“the main library and its auxiliary branches”
adjective
furnishing added support
“an ancillary pump”
noun
someone who acts as assistant
In context
Example Sentences
the main library and its auxiliary branches
an ancillary pump
an adjuvant discipline to forms of mysticism
The mind and emotions are auxiliary to each other
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