Adjective

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Of or conveying admonition

* {{quote-book, 1677, , chapter=The Crucifixion of Christ, The Theological Works of Isaac Barrow, year_published=1859 citation

, passage=Again, this kind of suffering to the devout Fathers did seem many ways significant, or full of instructive and admonitive emblems;

* {{quote-journal, 2008, William F. Hanks, Fieldwork on Deixis, Journal of Pragmatics, volume=41 citation

, passage=Wale’ typically occurs in S-final position and conveys variously dubitative (X is possible, but I doubt it), admonitive (X is possible so be careful; X is the case, so take note) or, when used with imperatives, exhortative (hurry up and X).}}