(a.) That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance.
Example Sentences:
(1) Or Johnson, E – said, with accompanying admonitory finger-wagging and in a schoolmasterly tone by tweeters, emailers, etc up until that last, goal-scoring moment.
(2) While God's primordial warning that He will require a reckoning for the blood shed by suicide has lost nothing of its admonitory and deterrent purpose, Jewish law, as it developed in the course of time, in actual practice takes cognizance only of two kinds of suicide: One that is permissible, by reason of its motivation, and that may in given situations even be highly laudable; and one that is the outcome or symptom of mental disturbances or otherwise legally excusable.
(3) There is something admonitory about this lack of awareness – HIV infection rates are going up among young people.
(4) A Clockwork Orange was Kubrick's fourth production since settling in England in 1960 and it completed a trilogy of admonitory science-fiction movies concerning the fate of the individual in a dehumanised near-future that began with Dr Strangelove and 2001: A Space Odyssey.
(5) While Townsend has succumbed to hamstring trouble, a thoroughly frustrated Shelvey devoted the Bournemouth game to wagging admonitory fingers at underachieving team-mates signed by Graham Carr.
(6) Much as the government might, on this occasion, have relished the idea of this admonitory process being broadcast more widely, Britain still thankfully doesn't do show trials.
Cautionary
Definition:
(a.) Conveying a caution, or warning to avoid danger; as, cautionary signals.
(a.) Given as a pledge or as security.
(a.) Wary; cautious.
Example Sentences:
(1) Today Savina said she did not think her experience was a cautionary tale for journalists working on the Lebedev-owned Evening Standard, who might be anxious about their jobs.
(2) The most cautionary example would be BBC2's Petrolheads, a short-lived motoring panel show hosted by Neil Morrissey.
(3) It is part horror-show, part cautionary tale, and partly heroic example.
(4) Vorster reads from a cautionary note in the manual: Oscar Trial Channel (@OscarTrial199) #oscartrial Vorster reads cautionary statement from DSM5 that the manual shouldn't be used in forensic settings.
(5) Lastly, a paediatric orbital fibrous histiocytoma is a cautionary anecdote with successful outcome.
(6) One of the great cautionary adages of our culture is: "Be careful what you wish for; you might just get it."
(7) If Ireland was held up at the beginning of the year by economists across Europe as a role model in how to cut fast and efficiently, the country is increasingly being showcased, particularly by the left in the UK, as a cautionary tale in the perils of cutting too much, too fast.
(8) The impending publication of the putative nude pictures, a humiliation that turned out to be a bluff, might have pulled Watson down among the lower orders of former child stars, those people who now exist in the public consciousness merely as cautionary tales to scare naughty teenagers: “Look what happened to Bieber today!”; “Did you see Cyrus in that outfit?” Although Watson has put her head above the parapet before, the provocation cited by the hoaxers was the New York speech she gave last Monday promoting the HeForShe campaign and arguing that gender discrimination harms both men and women.
(9) Films such as Inside Llewyn Davis, which won great acclaim at Cannes in 2013 but failed to make a mark at the Golden Globes or Oscars act as cautionary tales.
(10) Cautionary notes are offered concerning those cases in which gay litigants try to protect their rights by inhibiting the speech of others.
(11) With one Premier League goal for Liverpool since his £16m arrival from Milan and more public criticism from his manager than telling performances for the team, Balotelli is the spectacular transfer’s cautionary tale.
(12) Whether she's pitching her own feminist rap video or reading us her cautionary rewrite of The Ugly Duckling, her self-deprecating anecdotal style invites us to laugh at her middle-class embarrassment while she slips some important truths past.
(13) When Mourinho withdrew Drogba in injury- time, allowing him to enjoy a personal ovation from all corners of the ground, the cautionary finger raised to the manager's lips as he greeted his player seemed to suggest that Drogba had done his talking where it counted.
(14) Cautionary points and broad recommendations are made with regard to use of anti Leu M1 antibody.
(15) Cautionary attention is drawn to the danger of allowing these retinal hot spots to be imaged on or near the macula during surgery.
(16) The Bilibid episode remains, however, as a cautionary tale for those engaged in clinical research.
(17) Well done, Arron.” It also turns out the sack of Rome wasn’t one Breaking Point poster short of a perfect EU cautionary tale.
(18) Hers is a cautionary tale in an era when it is possible to boast about sexual indiscretions, confess heartbreak or depression, or exact revenge against ex-lovers to a worldwide audience.
(19) They believe they have a good idea about who the core readership is, and one of the ways they prise a reaction from that readership is through shrieked alerts and cautionary tales about The Other.
(20) The outcome suggests that cautionary advice to pregnant women warning that any alcohol taken during pregnancy is potentially harmful to the fetus is inaccurate and therefore probably counterproductive.