hortatory

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Giving exhortation or advice; encouraging.

   The words were ordinary enough, and to my mind there was in them something so hortatory that I almost smiled.

2. 2
   noun

   Exhortation or advice; incitement; encouragement.

   I did not know enough of the Book to understand his hortatory but it seemed to please Miz Ann, who thanked him for his blessings, said she did not require his other services, and that he had paid for his meal with his message.

From Middle French hortatoire, from Latin hortor (“encourage”).

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