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adhortatory

adhortatory adjective: containing counsel or warning; advisory.

Adjective

adhortatory (comparative more adhortatory, superlative most adhortatory)

  1. (obsolete) Containing counsel or warning; advisory.
    • They, who run into errors unwittingly, shall not be arraign'd in the publick Court, but some adhortatory Lessons of their Duty are to be privately inculcated.1697-1698, John Potter, Archæologia Græca

Forms of adhortatory

comparativemore adhortatory
superlativemost adhortatory

Questions about adhortatory

What does adhortatory mean?
Adhortatory means containing counsel or warning; advisory.
What part of speech is adhortatory?
Adhortatory is an adjective.

Words near adhortatory in the dictionary

  1. Adhola
  2. adhort
  3. adhortation
  4. adhortations
  5. adhortative
  6. adhortatory
  7. adhorted
  8. adhorting
  9. adhorts
  10. ADHS
  11. adhumulone

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