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remonstrative

remonstrative adjective: of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration.

Adjective

remonstrative (comparative more remonstrative, superlative most remonstrative)

  1. Of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration.
    • The man from Shropshire ventures another remonstrative “My lord!” but the Chancellor, being aware of him, has dexterously vanished.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC
    • The parson's part in the dialogue was chiefly remonstrative as to the necessity of Ned's variegated adjectives.1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 62

Forms of remonstrative

comparativemore remonstrative
superlativemost remonstrative

Origin of remonstrative

* remonstrate + -ive

Words formed from remonstrative

Questions about remonstrative

What does remonstrative mean?
Remonstrative means of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration.
What part of speech is remonstrative?
Remonstrative is an adjective.

Words near remonstrative in the dictionary

  1. remonstrates
  2. remonstrating
  3. remonstratingly
  4. remonstration
  5. remonstrations
  6. remonstrative
  7. remonstratively
  8. remonstrator
  9. remonstrators
  10. remonstratory
  11. remontant

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