exclamatory
Americanadjective
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using, containing, or expressing exclamation.
an exclamatory sentence.
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pertaining to exclamation.
Other Word Forms
- exclamatorily adverb
- nonexclamatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of exclamatory
1585–95; < Latin exclāmāt ( us ) called out ( exclamation ) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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His baritone voice booming and frequently punching a fist or two in the air to add emphasis, Sterling explained the origin of his signature, exclamatory home run calls.
From Seattle Times
Even that Silphium, a prairie native reaching 10 feet, is kept upright and exclamatory by a long-legged metal support that he had custom made.
From Seattle Times
The Adams style was excited, jumpy, exclamatory, naughty.
From Literature
For Maryland, that featured Julian Reese’s most significant action, with two exclamatory dunks and six total points.
From Washington Times
Even the exclamation point in the title, a tactic sometimes employed by Aleichem for more obviously exclamatory purposes, has the ring of a press release.
From Los Angeles Times
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