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exclamatory
[ ik-sklam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- using, containing, or expressing exclamation:
an exclamatory sentence.
- pertaining to exclamation.
Other Words From
- ex·clama·tori·ly adverb
- nonex·clama·tory adjective
Word History and Origins
Origin of exclamatory1
Example Sentences
His baritone voice booming and frequently punching a fist or two in the air to add emphasis, Sterling explained the origin of his signature, exclamatory home run calls.
Even that Silphium, a prairie native reaching 10 feet, is kept upright and exclamatory by a long-legged metal support that he had custom made.
The Adams style was excited, jumpy, exclamatory, naughty.
For Maryland, that featured Julian Reese’s most significant action, with two exclamatory dunks and six total points.
Even the exclamation point in the title, a tactic sometimes employed by Aleichem for more obviously exclamatory purposes, has the ring of a press release.
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