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UK
/mˈɒnɪtəɹˌi/
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ADJECTIVE
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serving to warn
shook a monitory finger at him
an exemplary jail sentence
How To Use monitory In A Sentence
- (abolition of slavery in the N.W. territory) has eventuated in effects which speak a monitory lesson. The Anti-Slavery Examiner, Omnibus
- Scientists have long known about this so-called premonitory phase, which occurs well before the better-known aura, the flashing lights and wavy lines that about 30% of migraine sufferers see shortly before the headache begins. Beware, a Big Headache Is Coming
- shook a monitory finger at him
- There is something a little admonitory—even perhaps retaliatory—about such a response.
- Young Americans came to view religion, according to one survey, as judgmental, homophobic, hypocritical, and too political.49 All these were premonitory signs that a second major aftershock was about to roil the American religious landscape. American Grace
- There may even have been some admonitory finger-waving. Lay off the Old Firm, Mr Salmond – Glasgow has more 'shameful' problems | Kevin McKenna
- ‘Ah, ah, ah,’ Vic said, shaking an admonitory finger at him.
- It was the old Time formula that I remembered from more than 50 years ago when I tired of and stopped reading its treacle that recorded every week the latest milestone in the inexorable march of mid-America toward its apotheosis of gelatinous, platitudinous, universal, and permanent embourgeoisement: a premonitory Pleasantville. Conrad Black: Time's Fatuous and Egregious Coverage of Wall Street Prosecutor
- To the captains, supercargoes, or younger merchants in their employ, experienced traders wrote admonitory letters filled with advice regarding the selection of the right Hong merchant to handle a cargo. The Romance of China: Excursions to China in U.S. Culture: 1776-1876
- If you have a 20 inch monitory, you should put it 20 inch in front of you. Small Home Office Idea for a Small Apartment