hortatory
/ˈhɔːtətəɹi/US/ˈhɔɹtətɔɹi/
hortatory adjective: giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
Adjective
hortatory (comparative more hortatory, superlative most hortatory)
- Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
- The words were ordinary enough, and to my mind there was in them something so hortatory that I almost smiled.1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, chapter XXV, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC
- Some of these books were, on the face of it, frivolous and facetious; but many, on the other hand, were serious and prophetic, moral and hortatory.1929 September, Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own, uniform edition, London: Leonard and Virginia Woolf at the Hogarth Press, […], published 1931 (April 1935 printing), →OCLC, page 41
- Synonyms:
- exhortatory, inciting, protreptic
Noun
hortatory (plural hortatories)
- Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.
- I did not know enough of the Book to understand his hortatory but it seemed to please Miz Ann, who thanked him for his blessings, said she did not require his other services, and that he had paid for his meal with his message.2004, Dale L. Walker, Westward: A Fictional History of the American West, Macmillan, page 53
- That which exhorts, incites, or encourages.
- For here as in other points the development of the theory of Ethics would seem to be somewhat impeded by the preponderance of practical considerations; and perhaps a more complete detachment of the theoretical study of right conduct from its practical application is to be desired for the sake even...1907, Henry Sidgwick, The Methods of Ethics, 7th edition, Macmillan and Company, page 12
hortatory meaning in Bengali and Kannada
hortatory in Bengali
- উৎসাহদায়ক, উপদেশমূলক
hortatory in Kannada
- ಒತ್ತಾಯಿಸುವ, ಅರಿವು ಹೇಳುವ, ತಿಳುವಳಿಕೆ ಕೊಡುವ
Examples of hortatory in a sentence
- Not in a curse but in a hortatory appeal.1992, Joyce Carol Oates, Black Water, paperback edition, Penguin Books, page 47:
- Inextricably from its analyses and polemic, above all, The Communist Manifesto is hortatory, ‘a call to arms in the service of the revolution’.2022, China Miéville, chapter 1, in A Spectre, Haunting: On the Communist Manifesto, →OCLC:
Synonyms of hortatory
Forms of hortatory
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more hortatory |
| superlative | most hortatory |
| Noun | |
| plural | hortatories |
Origin of hortatory
From Middle French hortatoire, from Latin hortor (“encourage”).
Words formed from hortatory
Phrases with hortatory
Questions about hortatory
- What does hortatory mean?
- Hortatory means giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.
- What is hortatory in Bengali?
- Hortatory in Bengali is উৎসাহদায়ক, উপদেশমূলক. See Hortatory meaning in Bengali.
- How do you use hortatory in a sentence?
- Not in a curse but in a hortatory appeal.
- What part of speech is hortatory?
- Hortatory can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce hortatory?
- Hortatory is pronounced /ˈhɔːtətəɹi/ (UK).
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