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admonitory

[ ad-mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. tending or serving to admonish; warning:

    an admonitory gesture.



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Other ˜yÐÄvlog Forms

  • ²¹»å·³¾´Ç²Ôi·³Ù´Ç۾±Â·±ô²â adverb
  • ³Ü²Ôa»å·³¾´Ç²Ôi·³Ù´Çr²â adjective
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of admonitory1

From the Medieval Latin word ²¹»å³¾´Ç²Ô¾±³ÙÅ°ù¾±³Ü²õ, dating back to 1585–95. See ad-, monitory
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Example Sentences

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And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.

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The aunt with a name becomes “No Name Womanâ€; she becomes a story, one of the admonitory “talk-stories†that Kingston’s mother will tell years later to her California-born daughter.

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A piratical pastor in a boxcar and two rich, tuxedoed drunks on the same train are like admonitory bookends on the subjects of class and self-determination.

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But the tone of “State Funeral†is more meditative than admonitory.

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The traffic signals in several of his pictures glow an admonitory red or orange.

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