ar|y

ar|y «AIR ee», adjective.

U.S. Dialect. any; some.

╂[< e'er a < ever a]

-ary,

suffix forming nouns and adjectives.

1. a place for _____: »

Infirmary = place for the infirm.

2. a collection of _____: »

Statuary = collection of statues.

3. a person or thing that _____s: »

Boundary = thing that bounds.

4. of or having to do with _____: »

Legendary = of legend.

5. being; having the nature of _____: »

Secondary = being second.

6. characterized by _____: »

Customary = characterized by custom.

╂[< Latin -ārius, or -ārium, neuter]