Crossword clues for precursory
precursory
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Precursory
Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, a. [L. praecursorius.] Preceding as a precursor or harbinger; indicating something to follow; as, precursory symptoms of a fever.
Precursory
Precursory \Pre*cur"so*ry\, n. An introduction. [Obs.]
Wiktionary
precursory
a. 1 Pertaining to events that will follow. 2 Of or pertaining to a precursor. n. (context medicine English) A precursor; a sign of the onset of something.
WordNet
precursory
adj. warning of future misfortune [syn: premonitory]
Usage examples of "precursory".
After a few precursory snuffles it chewed up the pencils with relish, then nibbled the pen.
Unlike most eruptions and earthquakes, these gave no time to study precursory phenomena such as foreshocks, groundwater fluctuations and changes in the behavior of domestic and wild animals.