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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 encouragementplay

  Familiarity information: EXHORTATORY used as an adjective is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


EXHORTATORY (adjective)


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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