hortative

adjective

Definition of hortativenext
as in recommendatory

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for hortative
  1. advisory
  2. consultative
  3. admonitory
  4. premonitory
  5. consulting
Adjective
  • Then, that person and the advisory board will consider the VOA position.
    Brian Stelter, CNN, 12 Dec. 2024
  • Manas Das, an analytics expert, wrote about this for the International Institute for Analytics, an independent research and advisory firm.
    Tomas Gorny, Forbes, 12 Dec. 2024
Definition of advisory
Adjective
  • Born in Houston, TX, Moshiri has over 25 years of experience in consultative and strategic leadership and a proven track record in corporate turnarounds, acquisitions, and client operations.
    Chris Gallagher, USA TODAY, 29 Nov. 2024
  • Leverage expert consultative insight to find the Goldilocks setup for you—not too many tools, not too few.
    Lisa Hale, Forbes, 21 Nov. 2024
Definition of consultative
Adjective
  • And while the formal rules on travel have relaxed, the admonitory official language is unchanged.
    John Liu, New York Times, 21 Jan. 2023
  • Satire has always had an admonitory function, and besides, some people are so obnoxious that a writer has to slow-walk the reader through their awfulness.
    Judith Shulevitz, The Atlantic, 11 May 2022
Definition of admonitory
Adjective
  • Fashion observers had also noticed that Swift had introduced a premonitory blue bodysuit into her wardrobe at the Tuesday show.
    Angelique Jackson, Variety, 9 Aug. 2023
  • In 2020, four years since their first date, Ms. Carswell started having premonitory dreams of Ms. Wynn walking back into her life once again.
    Tiana Randall, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
Definition of premonitory
Adjective
  • McKinsey could also slash as many as 2,000 non-consulting staff in one of its biggest round of layoffs ever, Bloomberg reported last month, citing unnamed sources close to the matter.
    Anna Cooban, CNN, 23 Mar. 2023
  • In an email to AL.com, Jones said Alabama Writers’ Forum will have a consulting role with the initiative, including assisting with publicity and sharing contacts across the state to help promote events or connect delegates with partners.
    Shauna Stuart | sstuart@al.com, al, 3 Oct. 2022
Definition of consulting
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