expostulatory

[ ik-spos-chuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

/ ɪkˈspɒs tʃə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

expostulating; conveying expostulation.

Also ex·pos·tu·la·tive

[ik-spos-chuh-ley-tiv]. /ɪkˈspɒs tʃəˌleɪ tɪv/.

Origin of expostulatory

First recorded in 1580–90; expostulate + -ory¹

Words nearby expostulatory

ex post, ex post facto, ex post facto law, expostulate, expostulation, expostulatory, exposure, exposure dose, exposure index, exposure keratitis, exposure meter

Example sentences from the Web for expostulatory

Her letters were exposed, her expostulatory verses read at clubs and taverns, and the unhappy Sappho toasted in derision.
Coelebs In Search of a Wife|Hannah More
De Launay, if you love me, do not look at me with so expostulatory an air!
Temporal Power|Marie Corelli
With expostulatory shakes of the head and indignant glances I called his attention to the fact that I was not alone.
The Arrow of Gold|Joseph Conrad
There I wrote to Wagner an expostulatory letter, alluding to a couple of plays with which we were both familiar, viz.
Wagner as I Knew Him|Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger

The comments of the press began to assume an expostulatory tone.
James Fenimore Cooper|Thomas R. Lounsbury

单词	expostulatory
释义	expostulatory [ ik-spos-chuh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ] / ɪkˈspɒs tʃə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i / adjective expostulating; conveying expostulation. Also ex·pos·tu·la·tive [ik-spos-chuh-ley-tiv]. /ɪkˈspɒs tʃəˌleɪ tɪv/. Origin of expostulatory First recorded in 1580–90; expostulate + -ory¹ Words nearby expostulatory ex post, ex post facto, ex post facto law, expostulate, expostulation, expostulatory, exposure, exposure dose, exposure index, exposure keratitis, exposure meter Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for expostulatory Her letters were exposed, her expostulatory verses read at clubs and taverns, and the unhappy Sappho toasted in derision. Coelebs In Search of a Wife\|Hannah More De Launay, if you love me, do not look at me with so expostulatory an air! Temporal Power\|Marie Corelli With expostulatory shakes of the head and indignant glances I called his attention to the fact that I was not alone. The Arrow of Gold\|Joseph Conrad There I wrote to Wagner an expostulatory letter, alluding to a couple of plays with which we were both familiar, viz. Wagner as I Knew Him\|Ferdinand Christian Wilhelm Praeger The comments of the press began to assume an expostulatory tone. James Fenimore Cooper\|Thomas R. Lounsbury
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