Both Uses of
preparatory
in
Bleak House
- Her husband, who had left us while we had this chat, now coming back, preparatory to exercising the apprentices in the ball-room, Caddy informed me she was quite at my disposal.†
Chpt 37-39 *
- CHAPTER LV Flight Inspector Bucket of the Detective has not yet struck his great blow, as just now chronicled, but is yet refreshing himself with sleep preparatory to his field-day, when through the night and along the freezing wintry roads a chaise and pair comes out of Lincolnshire, making its way towards London.†
Chpt 55-57
Definition:
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(preparatory) preceding and preparing for something