HORTATIVELY

Etymology

Adverb

hortatively (comparative more hortatively, superlative most hortatively)

In a hortative way.

Source: Wiktionary


HORTATIVE

Hor"ta*tive, a. Etym: [L. hortativus.]

Definition: Giving exhortation; advisory; exhortative. Bullokar.

Hor"ta*tive, n.

Definition: An exhortation. [Obs.]

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

25 February 2025

ENDLESSLY

(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”


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