exclamatory adj 1: sudden and strong; "an emphatic no" [syn: {emphatic}, {exclamatory}]
Exclamatory \Ex*clam"a*to*ry\, a. Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker. --South. -- {Ex*clam"a*to*ti*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]