Expostulative

adj

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Definitions

Adjective

1
Synonym of expostulatory.
"Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best"

Synonyms

advisory didactic directive expostulatory hortatory instructive

Example

"Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best"

Etymology

From expostulate + -ive.

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