admonitory

adjective

ad·​mon·​i·​to·​ry əd-ˈmä-nə-ˌtȯr-ē 

: expressing admonition : warning

admonitorily

əd-ˌmä-nə-ˈtȯr-ə-lē 

adverb

Synonyms of admonitory

• warning
• cautionary

Examples of admonitory in a Sentence

admonitory articles abound around Halloween, warning parents of the hazards of trick-or-treating

Recent Examples on the Web

And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged. — John Liu, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023

Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness. — Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022

The majority of the pieces were delivered as lectures at churches, seminaries and universities; thus, most have the distinctly instructive and at times admonitory tone of that kind of educational talk to an audience. — Kathleen Rooney, chicagotribune.com, 16 Feb. 2018

Word History

Etymology

borrowed from Medieval Latin admonitōrius, from Latin admoni- (variant stem of admonēre "to admonish") + -tōrius, adjectival derivative of -tor, agent suffix

First Known Use

1577, in the meaning defined above

Rhymes for admonitory

• accusatory
• ambulatory
• amendatory
• celebratory
• circulatory
• combinatory
• commendatory
• compensatory
• condemnatory
• confirmatory
• confiscatory
• consolatory

Kids Definition

admonitory

adjective

ad·​mon·​i·​to·​ry ad-ˈmän-ə-ˌtōr-ē 

-ˌtȯr-

: expressing admonition : warning