interlocutory: Meaning and Definition of

in•ter•loc•u•to•ry

Pronunciation: (in"tur-lok'yu-tôr"ē, -tōr"ē), [key]
— adj.
  1. of the nature of, pertaining to, or occurring in conversation: interlocutory instruction.
  2. interjected into the main course of speech.
    1. pronounced during the course of an action, as a decision; not finally decisive of a case.
    2. pertaining to an intermediate decision.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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