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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. serving to warn;
- Example: "shook a monitory finger at him"
- Example: "an exemplary jail sentence"
[syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monitory \Mon"i*to*ry\, n. Admonition; warning; especially, a monition proceeding from an ecclesiastical court, but not addressed to any one person. [1913 Webster] Monitress
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Monitory \Mon"i*to*ry\, a. [L. monitorius.] Giving admonition; instructing by way of caution; warning. [1913 Webster] Losses, miscarriages, and disappointments, are monitory and instructive. --L'Estrange. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

monitory adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)]