Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Reproving; admonishing; having the manner of an admonitor; admonitory.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective rare Admonitory.
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- adjective rare
admonitory
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Examples
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‘I hope, Towlinson,’ says Miss Tox, who, in her instruction of the Toodle family, has acquired an admonitorial tone, and a habit of improving passing occasions, ‘that what has happened here, will be a warning to you, Towlinson.’
Dombey and Son 2007
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Toodle family, has acquired an admonitorial tone, and a habit of improving passing occasions, 'that what has happened here, will be a warning to you, Towlinson.'
Dombey and Son Charles Dickens 1841
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