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exclamatory

[ ik-sklam-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. using, containing, or expressing exclamation:

    an exclamatory sentence.

  2. pertaining to exclamation.


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Other Words From

  • ex·clama·tori·ly adverb
  • nonex·clama·tory adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of exclamatory1

1585–95; < Latin exclāmāt ( us ) called out ( exclamation ) + -ory 1

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