as in warning
serving as or offering a warning
historically natural disasters have often been interpreted by some as punitive or monitory measures against sin-ridden humanity
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Recent Examples of monitory
Apparently all mothers, even surrogate mothers, were alike, but at least Adele no longer had to fear monitory parables from her real mother.
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Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
But the monitory difference is 11 days of seconds times $1, versus 33 years of seconds times $1.
1 Trillion seconds have not gone by in all the time man has existed on earth.
—Cameron L. Tracy, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2021
Jonathan Franzen, New Yorker, 1 June 2026
But the monitory difference is 11 days of seconds times $1, versus 33 years of seconds times $1.
1 Trillion seconds have not gone by in all the time man has existed on earth.
—Cameron L. Tracy, IEEE Spectrum, 5 Feb. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for monitory
Adjective
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The bureau also will post more warning notices at 750 livestock sale facilities and review other potential changes to federal regulations.—
SCOTT SONNER,
Star Tribune,
27 July 2021
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In response, statistical authorities around the world could do little but issue warning press releases.—
Andrew Whitby,
Time,
17 Apr. 2020
Adjective
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And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.—
John Liu,
New York Times,
21 Jan. 2023
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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
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“Monitory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/monitory. Accessed 5 Jun. 2026.
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