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expostulatory

expostulatory adjective: of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.

Adjective

expostulatory (comparative more expostulatory, superlative most expostulatory)

  1. Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
    • It is unquestionably a "Tendenzschrift," apologetic and expostulatory in tone, designed to defend and expound the writings and traditions of the Rabbis, whose "instructive parables and tales . . . are so many miniature paintings of the habits, manners, and modes of thinking, of an ancient people at...1917, George Alexander Kohut, preface to Hebrew tales; selected and translated from the writings of the ancient Hebrew sages, p. 13
    • Carrados divined an exchange of private glances, expostulatory from the husband, playfully defiant on her part.1927, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], Max Carrados Mysteries

Forms of expostulatory

comparativemore expostulatory
superlativemost expostulatory

Origin of expostulatory

From expostulate + -ory.

Questions about expostulatory

What does expostulatory mean?
Expostulatory means of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
What part of speech is expostulatory?
Expostulatory is an adjective.

Words near expostulatory in the dictionary

  1. expostulations
  2. expostulative
  3. expostulatively
  4. expostulator
  5. expostulators
  6. expostulatory
  7. exposture
  8. exposure
  9. exposure bucks
  10. exposure meter
  11. exposure meters

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