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monitory

[ mon-i-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. serving to admonish or warn; admonitory.
  2. giving monition.


noun

, plural mon·i·to·ries.
  1. Also called monitory letter. a letter, as one from a bishop, containing a monition.

monitory

/ ˈmɒnɪtərɪ; -trɪ /

adjective

  1. warning or admonishing

    a monitory look

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. rare.
    a letter containing a monition
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of monitory1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin monitōrius reminding, warning, equivalent to moni- ( monitor ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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Example Sentences

The company said an independent data and safety monitory board found that the potential vaccine “did not meet the statistical threshold necessary to declare early success” in the study.

If it were assigned a monitory value it would add trillions of rupees to India's gross domestic product.

From BBC

The American Library Association passed a resolution in January that described monitory fines as a “form of social inequity.”

A distinctively American vision is planted throughout the action of “Us,” with an explicit and monitory allusion to the notion of national destiny.

The process of tracking down used equipment is already underway, and monitory donations can also be given to Locker 10:34.

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