Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

expostulatory

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: ex-pos-tu-la-to-ry
IPA

25

Scrabble Score

13

Letters

6

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.

Example Sentences

"It is unquestionably a "Tendenzschrift," apologetic and expostulatory in tone, designed to defend and expound the writings and traditions of the Rabbis, whose "instructive parables and tales . . . are so many miniature paintings of the habits, manners, and modes of thinking, of an ancient people at a remote period of antiquity" ("Essay," London ed., 1826, p. 81)."
"Carrados divined an exchange of private glances, expostulatory from the husband, playfully defiant on her part."

Etymology

From expostulate + -ory.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: expostulate

Inflected Forms

more expostulatory (comparative) most expostulatory (superlative)

Questions

What does expostulatory mean?: Of, characterized by, or exhibiting expostulation.
Where does expostulatory come from?: From expostulate + -ory.

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