remonstrative
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
- remonstrate + -ive
Adjective[edit]
remonstrative (comparative more remonstrative, superlative most remonstrative)
- Of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration.
- 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- The man from Shropshire ventures another remonstrative “My lord!” but the Chancellor, being aware of him, has dexterously vanished.
- 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 62:
- The parson's part in the dialogue was chiefly remonstrative as to the necessity of Ned's variegated adjectives.
- 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 15, in Pollyanna[1], L.C. Page, →OCLC:
- Pollyanna opened wide her eyes at the remonstrative dismay in her aunt's voice.
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration
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