hortatory

Day 4Level 3

HAWR-tuh-tawr-ee

encouraging

encouraging; exhorting

Part of Speech: adjective

Example Sentence:

Concrete action and not hortatory statements, in both policy and practice, will make sense to both the business and the people, which can restore such trust.

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