exhortative

[ ig-zawr-tuh-tiv ]

adjective

1. serving or intended to exhort.
2. pertaining to exhortation.

Other Words From

• ex·horta·tive·ly adverb
• nonex·horta·tive adjective
• nonex·horta·tory adjective
• unex·horta·tive adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of exhortative¹

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exhortātīvus, equivalent to exhortāt ( us ) (past participle of exhortārī to exhort ) + -īvus -ive

Example Sentences

Detaching himself early from that exacting church, while retaining a touch of its exhortative spirit, he developed an interest in dance.

From New York Times

On Thursday morning, Trump defended his exhortative conversations with Raffensperger and repeated his Big Lie that the election was a hoax.

From Salon

Not far behind is the pulpit dervish Clara Walker, whose exhortative way with a tune doubles as furnace and fan.

From New York Times

In it, the exhortative words of James Baldwin and Martin Luther King, Jr. have been converted into a musical score, recordings of which sound through the gallery.

From New York Times

Neither the Apple nor the Gabriel plays are exhortative in any polemical way.

From New York Times