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exclamatory

US/ɛksˈklæməˌtɔɹi/

exclamatory adjective: resembling an exclamation.

Adjective

exclamatory (comparative more exclamatory, superlative most exclamatory)

  1. Resembling an exclamation.
  2. Emphatic.

Forms of exclamatory

comparativemore exclamatory
superlativemost exclamatory

Origin of exclamatory

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exclāmātōrius.

Words formed from exclamatory

Questions about exclamatory

What does exclamatory mean?
Exclamatory means resembling an exclamation.
What part of speech is exclamatory?
Exclamatory is an adjective.
How do you pronounce exclamatory?
Exclamatory is pronounced /ɛksˈklæməˌtɔɹi/ (US).

Words near exclamatory in the dictionary

  1. exclamative marker
  2. exclamatively
  3. exclamatives
  4. exclamativity
  5. exclamatorily
  6. exclamatory
  7. exclame
  8. exclamed
  9. exclames
  10. exclaming
  11. exclams

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