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EXCLAMATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exclamatory mean?
• EXCLAMATORY (adjective)
The adjective EXCLAMATORY has 1 sense:
1. sudden and strong
Familiarity information: EXCLAMATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Sudden and strong
Synonyms:
emphatic; exclamatory
Context example:
an emphatic no
Similar:
forceful (characterized by or full of force or strength (often but not necessarily physical))
Derivation:
exclaim (utter aloud; often with surprise, horror, or joy)
exclaim (state or announce)
Context examples
But you are so confoundedly hot-headed and exclamatory that I cannot get a word in.
(Treasure Island, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
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"A coward dies a thousand times before his death. The valiant never taste of death but once." (William Shakespeare)
"You left them lost and bewildered." (Arabic proverb)
"One who scorns is one who buys." (Corsican proverb)