exclamatory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   expressed as, containing, or resembling an exclamation

   Conversation remained exclamatory as each guest reacted in astonishment.

2. 2
   adj

   sudden, forceful, and emphatic in tone

   Her exclamatory delivery made every sentence sound urgent.

Borrowed from Medieval Latin exclamatorius, from Latin exclamare ('to cry out'), itself ex- ('out') + clamare ('to shout').

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