remonstrative, a.
(ˈrɛmən-, rɪˈmɒnstrətɪv)
[f. as remonstrate v. + -ive.]
Of or characterized by remonstrance, expostulatory.
| 1614 Jackson Creed iii. xxvii. §4 The Churches proposall hath the very remonstratiue roote and Character of the immediat and prime cause. 1647 Case Kingd. 16 Puling down al others with Remonstrative or Petitionary Out-cries. 1660 T. M. Cl. Walker's Hist. Independ. iv. 63 A remonstrative address from the Army. 1706 in Pa. Hist. Soc. Mem. X. 133, I wrote a remonstrative letter to the Governour. 1872 Yng. Gentleman's Mag. 114/2 ‘Another stop for a chimbley’ he muttered, with a remonstrative growl. 1882 J. Hawthorne Pr. Saroni's Wife (1884) II. 13 Saroni gave a short, remonstrative laugh. |
Hence reˈmonstratively, adv. (Ogilvie Suppl. 1882).