admonitory

He opened his mouth, but she raised an admonitory hand.

He held up an admonitory hand at the chorus of protests.

That was all I could get their admonitory squawks to add to.

The beating had been little more than informative in nature, not even really admonitory.

But it all starts to sound like one sustained admonitory melody.

He let out a growl, and heard an admonitory hissing from above him.

"There is where you are wrong," he said, shaking a thick admonitory finger.

Opposition to 1992 tends to take the form of admonitory caveats.

The woman beside her tapped the moving fingers with an admonitory fan.

At this juncture, there was an admonitory cry from behind the screen.

It represented a young woman, her right hand raised in a vaguely admonitory gesture.

She flicked her hand across his cheek, a light, admonitory smack.

It is morally repugnant in a way that may prove admonitory.

Remember all the admonitory fingers shaken at the French, warning them to cut prices or lose our love?

However, the main sense is a strong denial of possibility, with an admonitory overtone.

"You have to be careful," the ladies would tell me, shaking an admonitory finger.

She has written five blunt, admonitory best-sellers on the subject of those women and their men.

From the hut of the Chief Elder came an admonitory call.

The voice rose on an admonitory note, ended abruptly in sharp command.

The price he paid was high - an alcoholic wife, a troubled son, a world of enemies - and his fall might be called admonitory.

"Influenced by these admonitory truths, I hesitate, at present, to give a definition of law."

She waved an admonitory finger at her younger sister.

Crucial points are preceded by an admonitory black arrow.

Did she accept it I would release her from the ring in the morning, with perhaps no more than an admonitory bruise or two.

After the passage of other admonitory letters and telegrams, we received the following letter.