admonitive

English

Etymology

admonition +‎ -ive

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admonitive (not comparable)

  1. Of or conveying admonition
    • 1677, Isaac Barrow, “The Crucifixion of Christ”, in The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow‎, volume 6, published 1859, page 283:
      Again, this kind of suffering to the devout Fathers did seem many ways significant, or full of instructive and admonitive emblems; […]
    • 2008, William F. Hanks, “Fieldwork on Deixis”, in Journal of Pragmatics‎, volume 41:
      Wale’ typically occurs in S-final position and conveys variously dubitative (X is possible, but I doubt it), admonitive (X is possible so be careful; X is the case, so take note) or, when used with imperatives, exhortative (hurry up and X).

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