exclamatoryadj.
/ɛkˈsklamətəri/ 1. That exclaims or cries out loudly; that utters exclamations. Of a feeling, etc.: That vents itself in exclamation; noisy, outspoken.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [adjective] > crying or exclaiming
exclaiminga1586
exclamatory1593
outcrying1593
exclamative1736
yipping1951
1593 T. Nashe Christs Teares 22 b Wold God there were no other exclamatory crime then this to be obiected against thee.
a1631 J. Donne Serm. (1958) IX. 403 Whom afflictions supple and mollifie no farther, but to an intemperate..and exclamatory sorrow.
1755 S. Johnson Dict. Eng. Lang. Exclamatory, practising exclamation.
1803 W. Taylor in Ann. Rev. 1 400 The exclamatory vehemence and contagious zeal of his manner.
1883 R. L. Stevenson Treasure Island i. vi. 48 You are so..hot-headed and exclamatory that I cannot get a word in.
2. Of or pertaining to exclamation; of the nature of or resembling an exclamation; containing, expressing, or marking an exclamation.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [adjective]
exclamatory1715
interjectional1761
ejaculative1841
incondite1845
ejaculatory1851
1715 R. South 12 Serm. IV. 369 Those Exclamatory Words of St. Paul..How unsearchable are his Judgments.
1727 Art Speaking in Publick (ed. 2) 129 To pronounce those exclamatory Expressions without either Grace or Exclamation.
1767 L. Sterne Life Tristram Shandy IX. xxxiii. 144 Beginning the sentence with an exclamatory whistle.
1808 L. Murray Eng. Gram. Illustr. I. iv. 388 (heading) Of the Exclamatory point.
1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. Introd. 2 The tube-journey..is as barren as an exclamatory O!
Derivatives
exˈclamatorily adv. in an exclamatory manner.
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the world > physical sensation > hearing and noise > voice or vocal sound > cry or exclamation > [adverb]
blurt1697
exclamatorily1836
1836 in B. H. Smart Walker Remodelled
1863 M. James Not an Angel I. 41 ‘My darling!’ exclamatorily. ‘What do you want?’ ‘My darling?’ interrogatively.
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