Of or pertaining to an admonition.
Expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective.
1 She raised her delicate eyebrows in a most exasperating well-bred, admonitory way.
2 Such a display, in such a place, is rational, suitable, and admonitory .
3 She knew that kindly admonitory tone, that complacent misconception of her meaning.
4 She shot an admonitory glance at her son, who said: Immensely, sir.
5 In admonitory tone the chairman said: Tell me to whom you are referring.
6 His spirits were too high to notice the admonitory note in her voice.
7 Hardyman gave her waist a little admonitory squeeze with his arm
8 But Prudence only struck at him with a gently admonitory hand.
9 Fenton, with an admonitory gesture toward his subordinate, turned directly toward the staircase.
10 Brown wrote a variety of essays, generally rather admonitory than humorous.
11 He put his hand on Piers' shoulder and gave it an admonitory shake.
12 Bill Henderson raised an admonitory finger and shook it under the Colonel's nose.
13 Son of a... The old man caught his wife's admonitory glance.
14 But it was long before the distance eclipsed that admonitory finger of the Eiffel.
15 After the passage of other admonitory letters and telegrams, we received the following letter.
16 She waved an admonitory hand toward the window, and the box went up swiftly.
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