adverb
- in a manner that urges, encourages, or exhorts someone to do something
Usage: formal; literary
Examples
- The coach spoke hortatively to the team before the championship game.
- She addressed the crowd hortatively, calling them to action.
- He hortatively urged his colleagues to embrace the new initiative.
- The speaker hortatively appealed to the audience's sense of duty.
- They hortatively encouraged the volunteers to continue their efforts.