Meanings
comparative more exhortatory · superlative most exhortatory
- Serving to exhort.
[…] and therefore we ſee Chriſts words ran not in an Annunciative, but an exhortatory ſtile, He tels us not that Mammon ſhall make us friends, but excites us to make that our own care, […]
1660, [Richard Allestree], “Sect[ion] V. Of the Second Advantage, Wealth.”, in The Gentlemans Calling, London: […] T[imothy] Garthwait […], →OCLC, page 67Synonyms: hortatory, exhortative
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveServing to exhort.
More synonyms by meaning
adjectivegiving strong encouragement
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Origin
- Late Latinexhortātōrius
- Englishexhortatory
From Middle English, from Late Latin exhortātōrius. By surface analysis, exhort + -atory.
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Spanish exhortatorio
- exhortatorioadjective
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exhortatory. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/exhortatory
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