exclamatory
Speech parts
1. exclamatory - Adjective
2. exclamatory - Adjective Satellite
Meaning
Containing, expressing, or using exclamation; as, an exclamatory phrase or speaker.
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Examples
an emphatic no
He is known to Wrigley Field visitors for his idiosyncratic cheers at baseball games, generally punctuated with an exclamatory "Woo!"
He channeled his feelings into love poems that were exclamatory rather than persuasive, and wrote prose that showed his contempt for men who pursue women.
Interrogative and exclamatory clauses are introduced with inverted question and exclamation marks (¿ and ¡, respectively).