Admonitory \Ad*mon"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. admonitorius.]
That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an
admonitory glance. -- {Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly},, adv.
admonitory
adj 1: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an
exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {cautionary}, {exemplary},
{monitory}, {warning(a)}]
2: expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
[syn: {admonishing}, {reproachful}, {reproving}]