HORTATORY

exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory

(adjective) giving strong encouragement

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Adjective

hortatory (comparative more hortatory, superlative most hortatory)

Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.

Synonyms: exhortatory, inciting

Synonyms

• (encouraging): protreptic

Noun

hortatory (plural hortatories)

Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.

That which exhorts, incites, or encourages.

Source: Wiktionary

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Hor"ta*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. hortatorius.]

Definition: Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Holland.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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