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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)

documentary
    adj 1: relating to or consisting of or derived from documents
           [syn: documentary, documental]
    2: emphasizing or expressing things as perceived without
       distortion of personal feelings, insertion of fictional
       matter, or interpretation; "objective art" [syn: objective,
       documentary]
    n 1: a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or
         event [syn: documentary, docudrama, documentary film,
         infotainment]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Documentary \Doc`u*men"ta*ry\, a.
   Pertaining to written evidence; contained or certified in
   writing. "Documentary evidence." --Macaulay. DoD

Thesaurus Results for documentary:

1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

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