a. [f. as prec. + -ORY.] Characterized by, or of the nature of, expostulation.
1586. A. Day, Eng. Secretary, II. (1625), 26. An example of an Epistle expostulatorie touching vnkindnesse receiued.
1660. S. Fisher (title), The Rustick’s Alarm to the Rabbies:… In four Apologeticall, and Expostulatory Exercitations.
1758. Bp. Warburton, Lett. (1809), 275. Mr. Jane … wrote me an expostulatory letter.
1849. Stovel, in Canne’s Necess., Introd. 63. Expostulatory defences in the ecclesiastical courts.
† 2. Comb.
1600. Abp. Abbot, Exp. Jonah, 526. He prayed indeed, but it was tumultuously, and expostulatory-wise.
