admonitive (admonitiv)

[L. admonitus, pp. of admonere: see admonish.] Containing admonition. [Rare.] Instructive and admonitive emblems. Barrow , Works, II. xxvi. admonitor (ad-mon'i-tor), n. [L., admonisht .] An admonisher; a monitor. Conscience is at most times a very faithful and very prudent admonitor . Shenstone , E ays (1763), p. 222. admonitorial (ad-mon-i-toʻri-al), a . [ admoni tory+ -al .] Reproving; admonishing; having the manner of an admonitor; admonitory. Mi Tox had acquired an admonitorial tone, and a habit of improving pa ing occasions. Dickens, Dombey and Son, li. admonitorily (ad-mon'i-to-ri-li), adv. In an admonitory manner; with warning or reproof. Carlyle. IMG:content-0281.png:[blocks in formation]