Adjective
- 1. admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(prenominal), dissuasive (vs. persuasive)
- usage: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence"
- 2. admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving, unfavorable (vs. favorable), unfavourable
- usage: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
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