admonitory
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A piratical pastor in a boxcar and two rich, tuxedoed drunks on the same train are like admonitory bookends on the subjects of class and self-determination.
From Seattle Times ● Sep. 24, 2021
Chinese President Xi Jinping, who is also head of the Chinese military, gave an admonitory address at a naval review in the South China Sea in April, calling for efforts to build a world-class navy.
From Washington Times ● May 16, 2018
Planes have even flown admonitory, if occasionally poorly conceived, banners over state capitals.
From New York Times ● Jul. 4, 2017
She is often admonitory, self-reflective, and maternal in the span of a single column.
From The New Yorker ● Jul. 26, 2016
At last, Narcissa hurried up a street named Spinner’s End, over which the towering mill chimney seemed to hover like a giant admonitory finger.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
Vocabulary lists containing admonitory
The Innocents Abroad
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