exhortatory adj 1: giving strong encouragement [syn: {exhortative}, {exhortatory}, {hortative}, {hortatory}]
Exhortatory \Ex*hor"ta*to*ry\a. [L. exhortatorius: cf. F. exhortatoire.] Of or pertaining to exhortation; hortatory. --Holinshed. [1913 Webster]