mark Just-do-it Baileyhor·ta·to·ry (hôrt-tôr, -tr)
adj.
Marked by exhortation or strong urging: a hortatory speech.
[Late Latin horttrius, from Latin horttus, exhorted; see hortative.]
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Adj. 1. hortatory - giving strong encouragement
exhortative, exhortatory, hortative
encouraging - giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
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- Great Grand Panjandrum
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At first glance I thought this might be a "timely" word; at second glance, an adjective describing a type of circle dance.
Regards//Larry
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
"To preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how to use them."
-- Attributed to Richard Henry Lee
We danced the Mamushka while Nero fiddled, we danced the Mamushka at Waterloo. We danced the Mamushka for Jack the Ripper, and now, Fester Addams, this Mamushka is for you.an adjective describing a type of circle dance.
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