The words were ordinary enough, and to my mind there was in them something so hortatory that I almost smiled.
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Hortatory
//ˈhɔɹtətɔɹi//
Synonyms for "hortatory" (56 found)
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Related words (28)
Adjective(2 words)
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11 translations across 4 languages.
Dutch
4 entries- aanmoedigend adj (encouraging)
- aansporend adj (encouraging)
- bemoedigend adj (encouraging)
- ondersteunend adj (encouraging)
German
2 entries- anspornend adj (encouraging)
- ermunternd adj (encouraging)
Polish
2 entries- napominający adj (encouraging)
- zachęcający adj (encouraging)
Russian
3 entries- назида́тельный adj (encouraging)
- настави́тельный adj (encouraging)
- поучи́тельный adj (encouraging)
Sample sentences
6 total sentences available.
Some of these books were, on the face of it, frivolous and facetious; but many, on the other hand, were serious and prophetic, moral and hortatory.
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Not in a curse but in a hortatory appeal.
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Inextricably from its analyses and polemic, above all, The Communist Manifesto is hortatory, ‘a call to arms in the service of the revolution’.
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