remonstrative

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remonstrative (comparative more remonstrative, superlative most remonstrative)

  1. Of, characterized by, or exhibiting remonstration.
    • 1852 March – 1853 September, Charles Dickens, chapter 1, in Bleak House, London: Bradbury and Evans, , published 1853, →OCLC:
      The man from Shropshire ventures another remonstrative “My lord!” but the Chancellor, being aware of him, has dexterously vanished.
    • 1902, Barbara Baynton, edited by Sally Krimmer and Alan Lawson, Bush Studies (Portable Australian Authors: Barbara Baynton), St Lucia: University of Queensland Press, published 1980, page 62:
      The parson's part in the dialogue was chiefly remonstrative as to the necessity of Ned's variegated adjectives.
    • 1913, Eleanor H. Porter, chapter 15, in Pollyanna‎, L.C. Page, →OCLC:
      Pollyanna opened wide her eyes at the remonstrative dismay in her aunt's voice.

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