expostulative
English
Etymology
expostulate + -ive
Adjective
expostulative (comparative more expostulative, superlative most expostulative)
- Synonym of expostulatory
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History
- Shifty Maillard, translating frenzy into articulation; repressive with the one hand, expostulative with the other, does his best […]
- 1837 Thomas Carlyle, The French Revolution: A History