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hortatory

Meaning

Characterized by or given to encouragement or strong advice.

Examples by difficulty

Basic: Simple, everyday vocabulary — the easiest to read.

The coach’s voice, filled with hortatory passion, echoed through the locker room. "We can do this! Push harder! Remember all our work!" His strong advice fueled a wave of determination in the tired team.

The grizzled prospector gave a hortatory clap on my shoulder. "You've got to keep digging, kid," he rasped, his eyes glinting with hard-won hope. "The next swing could unearth it all." His strong advice spurred me on.

The worn, leather-bound manual offered hortatory guidance. "Press the blue button FIRST," it urged, "then the red. Failure to comply results in immediate deactivation." The blinking lights on the control panel seemed to echo its urgent tone, a silent but clear plea for careful action.

The coach's hortatory speech was so loud, the whole town could hear him. He yelled about teamwork and eating their vegetables, then threatened to make us all run laps if we didn't cheer louder. It was a truly inspiring, albeit ear-splitting, pep talk.

My pet rock, Reginald, offered some truly hortatory advice before my giant, sparkly sock race. "Roll with purpose, my friend!" he grumbled, his pebbly voice full of bold encouragement, "Never let a stray lint ball deter your magnificent journey to the finish line!"

Normal: Standard, everyday language.

The coach's hortatory speech echoed in the locker room. He spoke with fire in his voice, urging us to push harder, to believe in ourselves, and to leave everything on the field. We felt a surge of determination, ready to face any challenge.

Her closing remarks were surprisingly hortatory, a sharp call to arms that jolted the drowsy technicians. She’d seen the simulations fail, the energy readings dip dangerously, and now her words, filled with urgent resolve, pushed them to find a solution, any solution, before the core overloaded.

"We need to push this submersible further," the captain's hortatory voice boomed through the intercom, urging the exhausted crew. "This hydrothermal vent could hold answers, but only if we grit our teeth and overcome this pressure."

My aunt's pre-game pep talks were legendary, a barrage of loud, hortatory pronouncements about seizing victory and crushing our opponents. Last week, she exhorted us to devour our broccoli with the ferocity of a Viking conquering a salad bar. We were truly inspired.

My pet rock, Bartholomew, is a surprisingly good listener. I tell him all my deepest fears about the impending slug uprising, and his silent, stoney presence is incredibly hortatory, urging me to stockpile salt and build tiny, moss-lined fortifications. He really knows how to push me to be proactive.

Advanced: Richer vocabulary that stretches an upper-level reader.

The coach's voice, rough from shouting, offered a final, hortatory plea. "You've worked too hard to falter now! Dig deep, remember your training, and leave it all on the field!" His intense encouragement fueled a surge of resolve in the weary athletes.

The grizzled mechanic, oil smudged on his brow, offered a hortatory clap on my shoulder. "You’ve got the right stuff," he declared, his voice rough but steady. "Don't let this busted carburetor get you down; we’ll figure it out, together."

The commander's words were hortatory, echoing through the bunker, a desperate plea for courage against the encroaching sonic blight. His voice, ragged but firm, urged them not to falter, not to succumb to the disorienting hum. They had to stand, he insisted, for the last bastion of silence.

The drill sergeant's hortatory pronouncements, a whirlwind of motivational exclamations and urgent directives, echoed through the barracks. "Lace your boots, you laggards!" he bellowed, his voice a gravelly instrument of pure, unadulterated encouragement, implying that slowness was, in fact, a capital offense.

The esteemed professor, known for his hortatory lectures on the proper sculpting of sentient cheese, urged his students to embrace the subtle art of curd-based persuasion. "A well-aged cheddar," he bellowed, his voice resonating with a decidedly encouraging tone, "can move mountains, or at least a particularly stubborn Gruyère!"

Challenging: Rare, high-register vocabulary for serious word lovers.

The coach's hortatory speech, brimming with fervent belief, galvanized the team. His resounding declarations about their untapped potential and the necessity of unwavering resolve resonated deeply, igniting a collective spirit and a palpable desire to triumph against all odds.

The old botanist, his hands stained with rich loam, offered hortatory pronouncements on the resilience of the alpine flora. His voice, a gravelly rumble, urged the novices to persevere, to trust the subtle signs of the soil, and to embrace the arduous process of coaxing life from unforgiving terrain.

The grizzled prospector’s hortatory pronouncements echoed against the canyon walls, urging his disheartened companions onward. He spoke of the glint of gold just beyond the next barren ridge, his voice a rough, insistent rumble, refusing to let their resolve falter in the face of such an unforgiving, arid expanse.

With a fulminating glare and a decidedly hortatory tone, the admiral bellowed his encomium, insisting his beleaguered crew eschew their ennui and eschew the siren song of lethargy, lest they be relegated to a purgatorial existence of endless janitorial duties.

Barnaby, a veritable cornet virtuoso of questionable repute, issued a hortatory decree from his garret: "Cease thy lamentations for vanquished grubs! Instead, imbue thy gluttonous spirit with a new purpose – procure more artisanal ant eggs for my symphony of mastication!"

Difficulty

Advanced — Less frequent words that stretch an upper-level vocabulary.

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