exclamatory
/ɪkˈsklamət(ə)ri
/ /ɛkˈsklamət(ə)ri/adjective
(Of a cry or remark) expressing surprise, strong emotion, or pain.By the time he finished his exclamatory remark I was doubled over with laughter spilling out between my lips....
- Playful punkety rocker Atom and His Package wrote in with exclamatory praise and a promise to send submissions of his own visual art.
- Great men have great idiosyncrasies, and the stubbornness with which Wolfe reproduces his exclamatory voice after it has been mimicked so many times makes it appear less a fault than a flourish.
