Advertisement
Advertisement
View synonyms for monitory
monitory
[ mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
adjective
- serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
- giving monition.
noun
, plural mon·i·to·ries.
- Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.
monitory
/ ˈmɒnɪtərɪ; -trɪ /
adjective
- warning or admonishing
a monitory look
noun
- rare.a letter containing a monition
Discover More
Word History and Origins
Discover More
Example Sentences
When he found that his monitory coughs and looks produced no effect on his niece, he warned his sister-in-law.
From Project Gutenberg
He walked close to Mayo and shook a monitory finger under the young man's nose.
From Project Gutenberg
We have an obscure remembrance that the Queen's speech uttered a voice on this point—a solemn, a monitory, a parental voice.
From Project Gutenberg
The face of this monitory Hebe haunted me for some years in a way that I must faintly attempt to explain.
From Project Gutenberg
Him Nature solicits with all her placid, all her monitory pictures.
From Project Gutenberg
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement
Browse