admonitory

Adjective
US[ad-maw-nih-taw-ree]/ˌædˈmɔnɪˌtɔri/5 syllables
Synonyms: cautionaryexemplarymonitorywarningadmonishingreproachfulreproving

Open English WordNet

Adjective (2)

  1. serving to warn“shook a monitory finger at him”“an exemplary jail sentence”Synonyms: cautionaryexemplarymonitorywarningOpposite persuasiveSimilar dissuasive
  2. expressing reproof or reproach especially as a correctiveSynonyms: admonishingreproachfulreprovingOpposite favorableSimilar unfavorable, unfavourable

Related words warn verb, caution verb

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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Ad·mon′i·to·ry (…), adjective

Origin: LL. admonitorius.

That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. — Ad·mon′wb-a1′>′i·to·ri·ly, (…), adverb

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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