exhortative

[ ig-zawr-tuh-tiv ]

/ ɪgˈzɔr tə tɪv /

serving or intended to exhort.

pertaining to exhortation.

Also ex·hort·a·to·ry

[ig-zawr-tuh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] /ɪgˈzɔr təˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/.

Origin of exhortative

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin exhortātīvus, equivalent to exhortāt(us) (past participle of exhortārī to exhort) + -īvus -ive

ex·hort·a·tive·ly, adverb non·ex·hor·ta·tive, adjective non·ex·hor·ta·to·ry, adjective un·ex·hor·ta·tive, adjective

The duty in our text, with the duty in our hands, pressing them on still in an exhortatory way.

The Covenants And The Covenanters |Various
It is from the same register we obtain examples of an exhortatory name known to have existed at this time, viz.

Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature |Charles W. Bardsley
Nevertheless, in the exhortatory names there is a general air of cheerful assurance.

Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature |Charles W. Bardsley
Comminatory and exhortatory cautions not to soil, spoil, or tear books and MSS.

Notes and Queries, Number 211, November 12, 1853 |Various

Do-good is exhortatory enough, but it rather smacks of works; hence, possibly, the reason why I have only seen it once.

Curiosities of Puritan Nomenclature |Charles W. Bardsley