Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expostulative

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pos-tu-la-tive
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Synonym of expostulatory.

Example Sentences

"Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best"

Etymology

From expostulate + -ive.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: expostulate

Inflected Forms

more expostulative (comparative) most expostulative (superlative)

Derived Forms

expostulatively

Synonyms

expostulatory

Questions

What does expostulative mean?: Synonym of expostulatory.
Where does expostulative come from?: From expostulate + -ive.

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