Printer Friendly
Dictionary, Encyclopedia and Thesaurus - The Free Dictionary
3,904,055,950 visitors served.
forum Join the Word of the Day Mailing List For webmasters
?
Dictionary/
thesaurus
Medical
dictionary
Legal
dictionary
Financial
dictionary
Acronyms
 
Idioms
Encyclopedia
Wikipedia
encyclopedia
?

Exhortatory

   Also found in: Legal 0.01 sec.
ex·hor·ta·tive  (g-zôrt-tv) also ex·hor·ta·to·ry (-tôr, -tr)
adj.
Acting or intended to encourage, incite, or advise.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.exhortatory - giving strong encouragement
encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"


Want to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit the webmaster's page for free fun content.
?Page tools
Printer friendly
Cite / link
Feedback
Add definition
Mentioned in?  References in periodicals archive?   Dictionary browser?   Full browser?
 
Booker Little's contrastingly incandescent trumpet solo fizzes over exhortatory drum patterns on the fast Freedom Day, and Roach's duets with a stately and gospel-steeped, then spine-tinglingly raging Lincoln are the haunting core of the set.
127) The wording of Article 123 of the UNCLOS is exhortatory rather than obligatory, and does not contain any specific and legally enforceable obligations.
Indeed, many of Sihlali's peers developed the more exhortatory, rhetorical visual style Sack might consider neo-African, a style that tends to fit, for the most part, Njabulo Ndebele's notion of spectacle or "obscene social exhibitionism," which is "other" in the sense that it offers a distorted perspective to the ordinary lived experience.
 
 
 
Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Translations
?

Terms of Use | Privacy policy | Feedback | Advertise with Us | Copyright © 2012 Farlex, Inc.
Disclaimer
All content on this website, including dictionary, thesaurus, literature, geography, and other reference data is for informational purposes only. This information should not be considered complete, up to date, and is not intended to be used in place of a visit, consultation, or advice of a legal, medical, or any other professional.