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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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Words related to exhortative

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

Words nearby exhortative

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

OTHER WORDS FROM exhortative

ex·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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