a. rare. [f. EXCEPTION + -ARY1.] a. Of or pertaining to an exception (see EXCEPTION 1); indicative of an exception. b. = EXCEPTIONAL.
a. 1783. J. Scott, Crit. Ess. Eng. Poets (1785), 283. The exceptionary ‘all but’ includes an aged decrepit matron.
1850. Carlyle, Latter-d. Pamph., viii. 23. Silent exceptionary individuals.
