exhortatory /ɛɡˈzɔːtətɪv/ adjective1 •Serving to exhort.[…] and therefore we see Christs words ran not in an Annunciative, but an exhortatory stile, He tels us not that Mammon shall make us friends, but excites us to make that our own care, […] — 1660 formsmore exhortatory · most exhortatory