What does expostulatory mean?
Expostulatory means Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation..
Expostulatory
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
Meaning
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation..
Example Sentences
It is unquestionably a "Tendenzschrift," apologetic and expostulatory in tone, designed to defend and expound the writings and traditions of the Rabbis, whose "instructive parables and tales . . . are so many miniature paintings of the habits, manners, and modes of thinking, of an ancient people at a remote period of antiquity" ("Essay," London ed., 1826, p. 81).
Carrados divined an exchange of private glances, expostulatory from the husband, playfully defiant on her part.
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Word Forms
- more expostulatory
- most expostulatory
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It is unquestionably a "Tendenzschrift," apologetic and expostulatory in tone, designed to defend and expound the writings and traditions of the Rabbis, whose "instructive parables and tales . . . are so many miniature paintings of the habits, manners, and modes of thinking, of an ancient people at a remote period of antiquity" ("Essay," London ed., 1826, p. 81).
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