| Hortatory (a.) Giving exhortation or advise; encouraging; exhortatory; inciting; as, a hortatory speech. Thesaurus Entries admonitory, advisory, autodidactic, cajoling, cautionary, coeducational, consultative, consultatory, cultural, didactic, directive, disciplinary, edifying, educating, educational, educative, enlightening, exhortative, exhortatory, expostulative, expostulatory, homiletic, hortative, illuminating, informative, initiatory, instructive, introductory, lecturing, monitorial, monitory, moralistic, persuading, persuasive, preaching, preachy, preceptive, propaedeutic, recommendatory, remonstrant, remonstrative, remonstratory, self-teaching, sententious, suasive, teaching, tuitionary, warning, wheedling |