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Meaning of "expostulatory" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF EXPOSTULATORY

expostulatory  [ɪksˈpɒstjʊˌleɪtərɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF EXPOSTULATORY

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

WHAT DOES EXPOSTULATORY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of expostulatory in the English dictionary

The definition of expostulatory in the dictionary is characterized by or having the nature of expostulation.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH EXPOSTULATORY


adulatory
ˌædjʊˈleɪtərɪ
anovulatory
ˌænɒvjʊˈleɪtərɪ
circulatory
ˌsɜːkjʊˈleɪtərɪ
compilatory
ˌkɒmpɪˈleɪtərɪ
congratulatory
kənˌɡrætʃʊˈleɪtərɪ
copulatory
ˌkɒpjʊˈleɪtərɪ
deregulatory
diːˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪtərɪ
escalatory
ˌeskəˈleɪtərɪ
jaculatory
ˌdʒækjʊˈleɪtərɪ
matriculatory
məˌtrɪkjʊˈleɪtərɪ
oscillatory
ˌɒsɪˈleɪtərɪ
postulatory
ˈpɒstjʊˌleɪtərɪ
regulatory
ˌrɛɡjʊˈleɪtərɪ
revelatory
ˌrevəˈleɪtərɪ
self-congratulatory
ˌselfkənɡrætʃʊˈleɪtərɪ
self-regulatory
ˌsɛlfrɛɡjʊˈleɪtərɪ
stridulatory
ˈstrɪdjʊˌleɪtərɪ
tabulatory
ˌtæbjʊˈleɪtərɪ
translatory
trænsˈleɪtərɪ
ventilatory
ˈvɛntɪˌleɪtərɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE EXPOSTULATORY

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE EXPOSTULATORY

ambulatory
anti-inflammatory
conservatory
defamatory
derogatory
directory
discriminatory
explanatory
exploratory
inflammatory
laboratory
mandatory
migratory
obligatory
observatory
participatory
predatory
preparatory
purgatory
research laboratory
respiratory

Synonyms and antonyms of expostulatory in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «expostulatory» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF EXPOSTULATORY

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

Translator English - Chinese

忠告
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

expostulatory
570 millions of speakers

English

expostulatory
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

expostulatory
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

expostulatory
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

expostulatory
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expostulatory
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রতিবাদপূর্ণ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

expostulatory
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Expostulatory
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

expostulatory
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

expostulatory
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

expostulatory
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Expostulatory
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

expostulatory
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

expostulatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Expostulatory
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

expostulatory
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

expostulatory
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

expostulatory
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

expostulatory
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expostulatory
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

expostulatory
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

expostulatory
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

expostulatory
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

expostulatory
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of expostulatory

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOSTULATORY»

The term «expostulatory» is normally little used and occupies the 125.571 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «EXPOSTULATORY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «expostulatory» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «expostulatory» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «EXPOSTULATORY»

Discover the use of expostulatory in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to expostulatory and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Expostulatory Address to the Members of the Methodist ...
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John Walker, 2010
2
A Letter to Rowland Gardiner Alston, Esq , in Reply to His ...
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923.
James Hudson (Churchwarden Of Ware.), William Cater, Rowland Gardiner Alston, 2011
3
An Expostulatory Letter to the Right Rev. R. Wiseman, D. ...
It includes the writings of major legal theorists, including Sir Edward Coke, Sir William Blackstone, James Fitzjames Stephen, Frederic William Maitland, John Marshall, Joseph Story, Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr. and Roscoe Pound, among others ...
Edward William Grinfield, 2010
4
An Expostulatory Epistle, to William Hunter, M D
In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind.
Alexander Monro, 2010
5
British taxpayers!! Another alarming increase in civil ...
AN EXPOSTULATORY LETTER TO SIR WM. HARCOURT, BART., M.P., CHANCELLOR OF EXCHEQUER, OK Crown Servants Trading. ALSO STARTLING REVELATIONS - on the LAVISH EXPENDITURE— and RECKLESS WASTE and ...
Jonathan Hawes, 1886
6
Essays and correspondence, chiefly on Scriptural subjects, ...
EXPOSTULATORY. ADDRESS. TO TUB. MEMBERS. OF THE. METHODIST. SOCIETY. IN. IRELAND. Bring all things to the test. — 1. Thess. v. II. To the law and to the testimony. — Isa. viii. 20. [First Published Aug. 1802.] The insertion of the ...
John Walker, William Burton (of Bloomsbury), 1838
7
Political Letters and Pamphlets: Published for the Avowed ...
EXPOSTULATORY. LETTER. TO. THE. COMMISSIONERS. OF. STAMPS. :—. To John Thornton, Chairman, with a salary of £2,000 a year, and apartments at Somerset House — Capt. W. A. Montagu, Deputy Cuairman, with a salary or £ 1,700 ...
William Carpenter, William Hone, 1831
8
The works of ... Joseph Hall, with some account of his life ...
An Expostulatory Entrance into the Question. Good God ! what is this, that I have lived to hear ? That a Bishop, in a Christian Assembly, should renounce his Episcopal Function, and cry mercy for his now-abandoned calling ! Brother that was ...
Joseph Hall (bp. of Norwich.), Josiah Pratt, 1808
9
The History of England, from the Revolution to the Death of ...
... from a connexion which might be productive of the most difagreeable consequences to his continental interest. Stimulated by this opinion, his Prussian Majesty is faid to have written an expostulatory expostulatory letter ' to the King of Great.
Tobias George Smollett, 1793
10
A Keppoch song: a poem
EXPOSTULATORY Address to the Moon of H--n~v-r. THUS saith the spirit of Angus of Kep- poch. Thou, O Moon of H-n-v-r, hast ascended, and hast rolled over these realms, now for one hundred years. Wilt thou permit me to expostulate with ...
John Paul Macdonald, 1815

5 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «EXPOSTULATORY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term expostulatory is used in the context of the following news items.
1
The Rise of India's Common Man
Bappu Sonkar, a vegetable vendor, delivered a furious, expostulatory address on corruption, and added his name to the list. Still, AAP is a ... «Foreign Policy, Apr 14»
2
Questions over long hours culture
You could spin it as a defection from old tech to new tech, were it not that the expostulatory web portal is a survivor from the first flush of internet ... «Financial Times, Aug 13»
3
Radiostars: Film Review
To put it generously, much of it, particularly that involving Arnold, in the expostulatory mode favored by Louis de Funes, the legendary comic ... «Hollywood Reporter, Apr 12»
4
Matsukaze, La Monnaie, Brussels
Octaves, parallel fourths and fifths, bass pedal points and expostulatory percussion interjections create an ecclesiastical aura of purity. «Financial Times, May 11»
5
John Walker
... chromatic range of his palette; the gradations of transparencies; the retreating of certain colors; the expostulatory climaxes of saturated hues. «Brooklyn Rail, Oct 06»

REFERENCE
« EDUCALINGO. Expostulatory [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/expostulatory>. Apr 2024 ».
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