hortative

[hawr-tuh-tiv] / ˈhɔr tə tɪv /

ADJECTIVE

didactic

Synonyms

WEAK

academic advisory donnish edifying enlightening exhortative expository homiletic instructive moral moralizing pedagogic pedantic preachy preceptive schoolmasterist sermonic sermonizing teacherish teacherly teachy

Example Sentences

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The Parson, under high excitement, rained his hortative oratory upon me.

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