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hectoringly
adverb
uk /ˈhek.tər.ɪŋ.li/ us /ˈhek.tɚ.ɪŋ.li/
in a loud and unpleasantly forceful way, especially in order to get someone to act or think the way you want them to:
His manner of hectoringly preaching to the people in his congregation has caused some of them to look for another church or stop attending entirely.
The author's tone is hectoringly didactic, but it remains to be seen if the book will motivate readers to take action.
Related word
hectoring
Her habit of hectoringly returning to the same themes is exhausting and makes critics wonder if she can produce anything new.
SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases
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atonally
beg the questionidiom
blah
blither
come out
coo
pipe up
prate
spluttery
stammer
stiltedly
sweet nothings
talk nonsenseidiom
talk through your hatidiom
tattle
telegrammatic
turn of phrase
undertone
wax
witter
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