Hortatory

a.

1.

Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech.

Adj.

1.

hortatory - giving strong encouragement Synonyms: exhortative, exhortatory, hortative

admonitory, advisory, autodidactic, cajoling, cautionary, coeducational, consultative, consultatory, cultural, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortative, exhortatory, expostulative, expostulatory, homiletic, hortative, illuminating, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, monitorial, monitory, moralistic, persuading, persuasive, preaching, preachy, preceptive, propaedeutic, recommendatory, remonstrant, remonstrative, remonstratory, self-teaching, sententious, suasive, teaching, tuitionary, warning, wheedling

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