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precursory

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pre·cur·so·ry  (pr-kûrs-r)
adj.
1. Preceding or preliminary; introductory: a precursory statement.
2. Suggesting or indicating something to follow.
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Adj.1.precursory - warning of future misfortune
premonitory
prophetic, prophetical - foretelling events as if by supernatural intervention; "prophetic writings"; "prophetic powers"; "words that proved prophetic"
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With a precursory sound of hurried breath and hurried feet, Mr Pancks rushed into Arthur Clennam's Counting-house.
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