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ex-directory
Word definitions for ex-directory in dictionaries
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. (context British English) Of a telephone number, not in the directory; unlisted.
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
adj. (of telephone numbers) not in the telephone directory; "an ex-directory number" (British usage) [syn: not listed ]
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Better still, if you live alone, have an ex-directory number. ▪ Hopefully, he looked first for Rose Hilaire in the telephone book; no such name, so she must be ex-directory . ▪ It's a well-known fact that in Knutsford the ...
Usage examples of ex-directory.
Checking with the switchboard, she then found that he'd changed his ex-directory number.
But I had already found in Poole that the disadvantages of an ex-directory number (which are considerable) really outweigh its protection.
He made us go ex-directory for a start, said being' unlisted was the done thing.
Moreover our number was ex-directory, precisely so that Elizabeth should not be bothered by this sort of thing.