exhortative

[ ig-zawr-tuh-tiv ]

/ ɪgˈzɔr tə tɪv /

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adjective

serving or intended to exhort.

pertaining to exhortation.

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RELATED WORDS

academic, advisory, expository, homiletic, instructive, moral, moralizing, pedagogic, pedantic, preachy, edifying, enlightening, donnish, hortative, preceptive, sermonic, teacherly

Nearby words

exhilarating, exhilaration, exhilarative, exhort, exhortation, exhortative, exhumation, exhume, exigeant, exigency, exigent

Also ex·hort·a·to·ry

[ig-zawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪgˈzɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of exhortative

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

Related formsex·hort·a·tive·ly, adverbnon·ex·hor·ta·tive, adjectivenon·ex·hor·ta·to·ry, adjectiveun·ex·hor·ta·tive, adjective

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Examples from the Web for exhortative

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