remonstrative
adjEtymology * remonstrate + -ive
1
Of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration.
- The man from Shropshire ventures another remonstrative “My lord!” but the Chancellor, being aware of him, has dexterously vanished.1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, […], published 1853, →OCLC:
- The parson's part in the dialogue was chiefly remonstrative as to the necessity of Ned's variegated adjectives.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:
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- Pollyanna opened wide her eyes at the remonstrative dismay in her aunt's voice.1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 15, in Pollyanna, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
- Derived terms
- remonstratively