单词 | remonstrative |
释义 | remonstrativeadj. Of or characterized by remonstration; that expresses opposition, objection, or reproval. ΘΚΠ the mind > language > speech > request > protesting or remonstrance > [adjective] remonstrativec1595 protestatorya1624 objectional1651 c1595 A. Bacon Let. in G. Ungerer Spaniard in Elizabethan Eng. (1975) I. 225 One of Sr Peres remonstratiue obseruations..that noe Souveraigne power can imprint..hatred in a louelie Subiect. 1614 T. Jackson Third Bk. Comm. Apostles Creede iii. xxvii. §4 The Churches proposall hath the very remonstratiue roote and Character of the immediat and prime cause. 1647 Case Kingd. 16 Puling down al others with Remonstrative or Petitionary Out-cries. 1660 T. M. Walker's Hist. Independency IV. 63 A remonstrative address from the Army. 1706 in Mem. Hist. Soc. Pennsylvania (1872) X. 133 I wrote a remonstrative letter to the Governour. 1784 W. Richardson Anecd. Russ. Empire xxxiv. 252 He pled with humble submission; he then rose in remonstrative tones. 1818 Eclectic Rev. Sept. 242 Some remonstrative strictures on reading one class of romances. 1882 J. Hawthorne Pr. Saroni's Wife (1884) II. 13 Saroni gave a short, remonstrative laugh. 1913 E. H. Porter Pollyanna xv. 160 Pollyanna opened wide her eyes at the remonstrative dismay in her aunt's voice. 1935 Harvard Stud. in Classical Philol. 46 167 Cyllene's first speech is gently remonstrative rather than abusive. 2003 Daily Mail (Nexis) 9 May 68 Lynda..inferring that a gentle remonstrative smack is akin to child abuse. Derivatives reˈmonstratively adv. in a remonstrative manner. ΚΠ 1625 T. Jackson Treat. Originall of Vnbeliefe 426 Conclusions exactly & remonstratiuely parallel'd to the rule of faith. 1836 Metrop. Mag. June 333/2 ‘But, as he put himself into your power,’ said Lady Jane, remonstratively. 1986 Globe & Mail (Toronto) (Nexis) 28 Apr. c1 ‘How can you say he's tired?’ Maloney said remonstratively to a reporter. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < |
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