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proclamatory

proclamatory adjective: in the manner of a proclamation.

Adjective

proclamatory (comparative more proclamatory, superlative most proclamatory)

  1. In the manner of a proclamation.
    • Her arms bare, her manner proclamatory, she descended Federal Hall’s steps and struck — again and again — a large gong.2008 May 30, Alastair Macaulay, “Grand Leaps on Wall Street, for a Change”, in New York Times

Forms of proclamatory

comparativemore proclamatory
superlativemost proclamatory

Questions about proclamatory

What does proclamatory mean?
Proclamatory means in the manner of a proclamation.
What part of speech is proclamatory?
Proclamatory is an adjective.

Words near proclamatory in the dictionary

  1. proclamation
  2. proclamations
  3. proclamator
  4. proclamatorily
  5. proclamators
  6. proclamatory
  7. proclame
  8. proclamed
  9. proclames
  10. proclaming
  11. proclergy

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