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Definition of Admonitory
1. Adjective. Serving to warn. "An exemplary jail sentence"
Similar to: Dissuasive
Derivative terms: Admonish, Admonish, Caution, Example
2. Adjective. Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
Similar to: Unfavorable, Unfavourable
Derivative terms: Admonish
Definition of Admonitory
1. a. That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance.
Definition of Admonitory
1. Adjective. Of or pertaining to an admonition ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Admonitory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Admonitory
Literary usage of Admonitory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Colloquies of Erasmus by Desiderius Erasmus, Edwin Johnson (1878)
"AN admonitory NOTE OF ERASMUS ON THE TRICKS AND IMPOSTURES OF A CERTAIN DOMINICAN,
WHO HAD PUBLISHED IN FRANCE THE COLLOQUIES OF ERASMUS RIDICULOUSLY ..."
2. The Friend of Peace by Noah Worcester, Massachusetts Peace Society (1827)
"Would they then deride every expression of philanthropic feeling towards
slaves—themselves being in that degraded condition ?* A. admonitory HINTS FROM ..."
3. Aspects of Death and Correlated Aspects of Life in Art, Epigram, and Poetry by Frederick Parkes Weber (1918)
"Sepulchral- Monuments and Sepulchral Inscriptions of admonitory Character.
The " Gisant" Type of Monument of the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries. ..."
4. Transatlantic Sketches: Comprising Visits to the Most Interesting Scenes in by James Edward Alexander (1833)
"... but the day may not be far distant when it will again send out its waving and
admonitory pyramids of smoke, and be shaken with earthquakes. ..."
5. The Antiquary by Edward Walford, John Charles Cox, George Latimer Apperson (1880)
"spondent has quoted with admonitory verses (see vol. ip 249), permit me to add
two more examples. The first is now common, but I quote it from the original ..."
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