Admonitory

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  • adjective. Expressing admonition.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Containing admonition; tending or serving to admonish: as, “admonitory of duty,”
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. That conveys admonition; warning or reproving.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • adjective. Of or pertaining to an admonition
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adjective. serving to warn
  • adjective. expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
  • Word Usage
    "Hence he is apt to become narrative and admonitory, that is to say, fond of telling long stories, and of doling out advice, to the small profit and great annoyance of his friends."
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