"optionary" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From option + -ary.",
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      "form": "more optionary",
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          "text": "The idea that giving is a mere optionary thing, to be done, or not done, as one pleases, seems to be the prevailing one at present.",
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        "(dated) optional"
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  "word": "optionary"
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      "form": "more optionary",
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