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Meaning of expostulatory in English:

expostulatory

adjective

See expostulate

‘When I wailed about this to the executive in charge of shepherding the Australian through production and distribution, he was expostulatory.’
  • ‘Keating's expostulatory phone calls to newspaper owners and editors are notorious.’

Pronunciation

expostulatory

/ɪkˈspɒstjʊlət(ə)ri/ /ɛkˈspɒstjʊlət(ə)ri/