Synonyms for admonitory
| Grammar : Adj |
| Spell : ad-mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee |
| Phonetic Transcription : ædˈmɒn ɪˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i |
Définition of admonitory
Origin :- 1590s, from Late Latin admonitorius, from Latin admonitus, past participle of admonere (see admonish).
- adj cautionary
- "See that she gets her tea, sir," she said in a low, admonitory voice to Anthony.
- Extract from : « Jan and Her Job » by L. Allen Harker
- His daughter's voice, surprised and admonitory, came to him along the wire.
- Extract from : « The Borough Treasurer » by Joseph Smith Fletcher
- His spirits were too high to notice the admonitory note in her voice.
- Extract from : « A Son of the City » by Herman Gastrell Seely
- Deeply affecting and admonitory are some of the instances he records.
- Extract from : « The Hero of the Humber » by Henry Woodcock
- Phœbe, in an admonitory tone, suggested that she had seen the British Museum.
- Extract from : « Hopes and Fears » by Charlotte M. Yonge
- She took the girl's hand and emitted indefinite, admonitory sounds.
- Extract from : « Georgina's Reasons » by Henry James
- With her daughter she became motherly and admonitory in her official third person.
- Extract from : « Play the Game! » by Ruth Comfort Mitchell
- What an amount of infantile aberrations from propriety is the admonitory Paw-paw!
- Extract from : « The Comic English Grammar » by Unknown
- You take my tip, though,' he added, wagging an admonitory forefinger.
- Extract from : « Pincher Martin, O.D. » by H. Taprell Dorling
- At first these editorial utterances were admonitory and critical.
- Extract from : « Recollections of a Varied Life » by George Cary Eggleston
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