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hortatory

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hor·ta·to·ry  (hôrt-tôr, -tr)
adj.
Marked by exhortation or strong urging: a hortatory speech.
[Late Latin horttrius, from Latin horttus, exhorted; see hortative.]
hortatory [ˈhɔːtətərɪ -trɪ], hortative [ˈhɔːtətɪv]
adj
tending to exhort; encouraging
[from Late Latin hortātōrius, from Latin hortārī to exhort]
hortation  n
hortatorily , hortatively adv
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Adj.1.hortatory - giving strong encouragement
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative
encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"


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I was prepared to be persuasive, touching, and hortatory, admonitory and expostulating, if need be vituperative even, indignant and sarcastic; but what the devil does a mentor do when the sinner makes no bones about confessing his sin?
Moon and Sixpence by Maugham, W. Somerset View in context
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