a. [f. late L. exāminātōri-us (see next) + -AL.] Of or pertaining to an examiner or an examination.
1835. Caledonian Mercury, 8 Aug., 3/2. Such a thing as a standing Examinatorial Commission has been suggested; but it is feared the idea of such a Commission is more beautiful than its machinery would be practicable.
1866. Reader, 10 March, 247/1. A person who has frequently felt the examinatorial pulse.
1868. Dickens, Lett., 21 March. Johnnie has my profound sympathy under his examinatorial woes.
1881. Sat. Rev., 26 Feb., 270. Examinatorial experience is not without its peculiar bitterness.
