a. rare. [f. L. exclāmāt- ppl. stem of exclāmāre (see EXCLAIM v.) + -IVE. Cf. mod.F. exclamatif.] Containing or expressing exclamation; exclamatory.

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1730–6.  Bailey (folio), Exclamative, of or pertaining to exclamation.

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1775.  in Ash.

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1838.  Fraser’s Mag., XVIII. 471/2. Renowned O! Y? (thou exclamative-interrogation!)

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  Hence Exclamatively adv., with exclamation, exclamatorily.

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1836.  in Smart.

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1860.  in Worcester; and in mod. Dicts.

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