Usually means: Intended to distract or mislead.
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We found 22 dictionaries that define the word diversionary:

General (18 matching dictionaries)
  1. diversionary: Merriam-Webster
  2. diversionary: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. diversionary: Collins English Dictionary
  4. diversionary: Vocabulary.com
  5. Diversionary, diversionary: Wordnik
  6. diversionary: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. diversionary: Wiktionary
  8. diversionary: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  9. diversionary: Infoplease Dictionary
  10. diversionary: Dictionary.com
  11. Diversionary: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  12. diversionary: Rhymezone
  13. diversionary: FreeDictionary.org
  14. diversionary: Mnemonic Dictionary
  15. diversionary: TheFreeDictionary.com
  16. diversionary: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. diversionary: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. diversionary: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diversionary: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. diversionary: Medical dictionary

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▸ adjective:  That serves as a diversion.

Similar:
indirect, diversionistic, distractionist, distractive, perverse, perversive, misdirectional, prevaricatory, deceptory, plaything, more...

Opposite:
focused, concentrated, serious, direct, purposeful

Phrases:
diversionary attack, diversionary landing, diversionary restraint, diversionary maneuver, diversionary stratagem, more...

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Similar:
indirect, diversionistic, distractionist, distractive, perverse, perversive, misdirectional, prevaricatory, deceptory, plaything, more...

Opposite:
focused, concentrated, serious, direct, purposeful

Phrases:
diversionary attack, diversionary landing, diversionary restraint, diversionary maneuver, diversionary stratagem, more...



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