adjective
- giving or serving as a warning
Usage: formal; rare
Examples
- The teacher’s monitive glance warned the students to stop talking.
- His monitive tone suggested that further delays would not be tolerated.
- The sign served a monitive purpose, alerting drivers to the dangerous curve ahead.
- She gave a monitive shake of her head when she saw him reaching for another cookie.
- The monitive letter from the bank indicated that payment was overdue.