The Collaborative International Dictionary
Exhortative
Exhortative \Ex*hor"ta*tive\, a. [L. exhortativus: cf. F.
exhortatif.]
Serving to exhort; exhortatory; hortative.
--Barrow.
Wiktionary
exhortative
a. 1 (context comparable English) Appearing to exhort; in an urging manner. 2 (context grammar not comparable English) Inflected hortative verb form that a speaker uses to avidly encourage a listener. n. The exhortative#Adjective mood.
WordNet
exhortative
adj. giving strong encouragement [syn: exhortatory, hortative, hortatory]
Usage examples of "exhortative".
Before him, too, lay an impressive array of official forms and other literature, and the walls of the caravan were drawing-pinned with exhortative Ministry posters.