From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006): admonitory adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)] 2: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective [syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving]
admonitory adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an exemplary jail sentence" [syn: admonitory, cautionary, exemplary, monitory, warning(a)] 2: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective [syn: admonitory, admonishing, reproachful, reproving]