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EXHORTATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does exhortatory mean?
• EXHORTATORY (adjective)
The adjective EXHORTATORY has 1 sense:
1. giving strong encouragement
Familiarity information: EXHORTATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Giving strong encouragement
Synonyms:
exhortative; exhortatory; hortative; hortatory
Similar:
encouraging (giving courage or confidence or hope)
Derivation:
exhort (force or impel in an indicated direction)
exhort (spur on or encourage especially by cheers and shouts)
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