expostulatory

[ ik-spos-chuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ɪkˈspɒs tʃə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

expostulating; conveying expostulation.

Words nearby expostulatory

Also ex·pos·tu·la·tive

[ik-spos-chuh-ley-tiv] /ɪkˈspɒs tʃəˌleɪ tɪv/.

First recorded in 1580–90; expostulate + -ory¹

Her letters were exposed, her expostulatory verses read at clubs and taverns, and the unhappy Sappho toasted in derision.
Coelebs In Search of a Wife|Hannah More
De Launay, if you love me, do not look at me with so expostulatory an air!
Temporal Power|Marie Corelli
With expostulatory shakes of the head and indignant glances I called his attention to the fact that I was not alone.
The Arrow of Gold|Joseph Conrad
There I wrote to Wagner an expostulatory letter, alluding to a couple of plays with which we were both familiar, viz.
Wagner as I Knew Him|Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

The comments of the press began to assume an expostulatory tone.
James Fenimore Cooper|Thomas R. Lounsbury