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Definition of Exclamatory
1. Adjective. Sudden and strong. "An emphatic no"
Definition of Exclamatory
1. a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.
Definition of Exclamatory
1. Adjective. resembling an exclamation. ¹
2. Adjective. Emphatic. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Exclamatory
1. [adj]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Exclamatory
Literary usage of Exclamatory
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Mother Tongue by Sarah Louise Arnold, George Lyman Kittredge, John Hays Gardiner (1901)
"exclamatory SENTENCES. 68. Any sentence, whatever its form, may be spoken as an
exclamation; that is, may be uttered as a kind of cry expressing surprise or ..."
2. Modern English: Book Two : a Practical English Grammar with Exercises in by Henry Pendexter Emerson, Ida C. Bender (1905)
"They are pure exclamatory sentences. Such sentences are usually introduced by how
... Besides the sentences just described, which are exclamatory in form, ..."
3. Exposition of the Grammatical Structure of the English Language: Being an by John Mulligan (1874)
"It may be said to be used in an interjectional way. § 154. exclamatory ...
(1) exclamatory words and phrases often serve a purpose very similar to that ..."
4. Essentials of English by Henry Carr Pearson, Mary Frederika Kirchwey (1915)
"SUBJECT OF exclamatory SENTENCE An exclamatory sentence is a declarative or an
... In most cases the subject of the exclamatory sentence is found as is the ..."
5. Essentials of English Grammar by William Dwight Whitney (1885)
"Such are to be called exclamatory sentences in the interrogative form. The form
may also be that of a dependent clause : thus, what a sad sight this was ..."
6. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges: Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough, Benjamin Leonard D'Ooge (1903)
"A subjunctive clause, with or without ut, is often used ellip- tically in
exclamatory questions. The question may be introduced by the interrogative -ne: ..."
7. Allen and Greenough's New Latin Grammar for Schools and Colleges, Founded on by Joseph Henry Allen, James Bradstreet Greenough (1916)
"A subjunctive clause, with or without ut, is often used ellip- tically in
exclamatory questions. The question may be introduced by the interrogative -ne: ..."
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