Meaning & use
exclamatory
Expressing sudden strong feeling, especially in the form of a sentence ending with an exclamation point.
See it in a sentence
"What a beautiful sunset!" is an exclamatory sentence expressing genuine surprise and delight.
Her exclamatory tone made even small pieces of news sound like major events.
A note on using this word
Exclamatory is a grammar term used to classify sentence types, alongside declarative, interrogative, and imperative.
Words with a similar meaning
emphatic
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