exhortative

[ ig-zawr-tuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. serving or intended to exhort.
2. pertaining to exhortation.

Other Words From

• ex·horta·tive·ly adverb
• nonex·horta·tive adjective
• nonex·horta·tory adjective
• unex·horta·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhortative¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exhortātīvus, equivalent to exhortāt ( us ) (past participle of exhortārī to exhort ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

The Rev. Stephen Masterton felt his throat swell with his old exhortative indignation.

From Project Gutenberg

No prayers were offered, only invocations, exhortative or remonstrant.

From Project Gutenberg