exclamatory

[ ik-sklam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. using, containing, or expressing exclamation:

   an exclamatory sentence.

2. pertaining to exclamation.

Other Words From

• ex·clama·tori·ly adverb
• nonex·clama·tory adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exclamatory¹

1585–95; < Latin exclāmāt ( us ) called out ( exclamation ) + -ory ¹

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.

From Seattle Times

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.

From Seattle Times

The Adams style was excited, jumpy, exclamatory, naughty.

From Literature

For Maryland, that featured Julian Reese’s most significant action, with two exclamatory dunks and six total points.

From Washington Times

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.

From Los Angeles Times