[syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Admonitory \Ad*mon"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. admonitorius.]
That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an
admonitory glance. -- Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly,, adv.
[1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
admonitory
adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory,
cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]
2: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
[syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful,
reproving]