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Meaning of "expostulative" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPOSTULATIVE

expostulative  [ɪksˈpɒstjʊlətɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPOSTULATIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Expostulative is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPOSTULATIVE


accumulative
əˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
articulative
ɑːˈtɪkjʊlətɪv
calculative
ˈkælkjʊlətɪv
circulative
ˈsɜːkjʊlətɪv
coagulative
kəʊˈæɡjʊlətɪv
copulative
ˈkɒpjʊlətɪv
cumulative
ˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
dissimulative
dɪˈsɪmjʊlətɪv
ejaculative
ɪˈdʒækjʊlətɪv
emasculative
ɪˈmæskjʊlətɪv
emulative
ˈemjʊlətɪv
granulative
ˈɡrænjʊlətɪv
manipulative
məˈnɪpjʊlətɪv
noncumulative
ˌnɒnˈkjuːmjʊlətɪv
recapitulative
ˌriːkəˈpɪtjʊlətɪv
regulative
ˈrɛɡjʊlətɪv
simulative
ˈsɪmjʊlətɪv
speculative
ˈspɛkjʊlətɪv
stimulative
ˈstɪmjʊlətɪv
unspeculative
ʌnˈspekjʊlətɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPOSTULATIVE

expositional
expositive
expositively
expositor
expositorily
expository
expositress
exposome
expostulate
expostulating
expostulatingly
expostulation
expostulator
expostulatory
exposture
exposure
exposure compensation
exposure index
exposure meter
exposure value

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPOSTULATIVE

active
administrative
alternative
collaborative
comparative
conservative
cooperative
creative
decorative
derivative
in the negative
informative
initiative
innovative
legislative
narrative
native
negative
quantitative
relative
representative

Synonyms and antonyms of expostulative in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expostulative» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPOSTULATIVE

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The translations of expostulative from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «expostulative» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

expostulative
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expostulative
570 millions of speakers

English

expostulative
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expostulative
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expostulative
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

expostulative
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expostulative
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

expostulative
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expostulative
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Expostulative
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

expostulative
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

expostulative
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expostulative
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expostulative
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

expostulative
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expostulative
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

शोभिवंत
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

expostulative
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

expostulative
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expostulative
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

expostulative
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expostulative
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

expostulative
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expostulative
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expostulative
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expostulative
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expostulative

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOSTULATIVE»

The term «expostulative» is used very little and occupies the 167.079 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOSTULATIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about expostulative

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPOSTULATIVE»

Discover the use of expostulative in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expostulative and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
A grammar of the Santhal language by the Rev. L. O. ...
Lars O. Skrefsrud. PRELIMINARY EXPOSTULATIVE. I PRELIMINARY PERSUASIVE. PRELIMINARY ADMISSIVE. PRELIMINARY PERFECT EXPOSTULATIVE. PRELIMINARY PERFECT PERSUASIYE. 1 Dal-alrao-an-ba-ri . SINGULAR.
Lars O. Skrefsrud, 1873
2
Burtons Legal Thesaurus 5th Edition: Over 10,000 Synonyms, ...
SEE MAIN ENTRY expostulative hortative expostulatory hortative, remonstrative exposure admission (disclosure), bad re- pute, detection, disclosure (act of disclosing), discovery, expression (manifestation), impeachment, manifestation, ...
‎2013
3
The Englishman in Paris: A Satirical Novel
_ All her partners had a taste for ruining I themselyes, and ishe kindly aidedand _ abetted them in the same. Far from expostulative curtain lecturing. * The Spaniards very wittin and truly, instead of'll'luerto-Napolcon, transformed the wbrd into ...
4
“The” Bastille: 1
repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best; and really, though not bred to public speaking, manages rather well :-—In the present dreadful rarity of grains, a Deputation of Female Citizens has, as the august ...
‎1842
5
London Society An Illustrated Magazine Of Light And Amusing ...
oak Bapling. There was a melancholy expostulative look about the creature which was quite touching. He was, however, only at the commencement of his trials ; the mental equilibrium was to receive a still more painful shock. While ushering ...
6
London Society
oak sapling. There was a melancholy expostulative look about the creature which was quite touching. He was, however, only at the commencement of his trials; the mental equilibrium was to receive a still more painful shock. While ushering ...
7
Harper's New Monthly Magazine
The larger one did not seem to care where he stood so that 'twas on some one's feet ; and this caused me to remark to him, in an expostulative way, "There's more room on the front platform." To which he immediately replied, " Well, why don't ...
8
The French revolution. A history
... in the face : regenerative Constitutionalism has an unregenerate Sansculottism bodily in front of it; crying, “ Bread! Bread !" Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, docs ...
Thomas Carlyle, 1871
9
Putnam's Magazine: Original Papers on Literature, Science, ...
He had a light, hesitating cough, dry as a meal-tub, and his voice was a sort of expostulative, sighing whisper. Never had Iseen a human body that seemed to have less brain and blood in it, and less of the essential breath of life. He sat listless ...
10
The French revolution
... Constitutionalism has an unregenerate Sansculottism bodily in front of it; crying , 'Bread! Bread!' Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best; and really, though ...
Thomas Carlyle, Henry Duff Traill, Oliver Cromwell, 1837

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Expostulative [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/expostulative>. Jun 2026 ».
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