<adj.all> shook a monitory finger at him an exemplary jail sentence
expressing reproof or reproach especially as a corrective
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Admonitory \Ad*mon"i*to*ry\, a. [LL. admonitorius.] That conveys admonition; warning or reproving; as, an admonitory glance. -- {Ad*mon"i*to*ri*ly},, adv.
If committee Democrats have their way, however, Sens. DeConcini and Riegle will receive only admonitory letters, the matter will never go to the full Senate, and they will correctly claim they received only a minor wrist-slap.
As for the flag, we all knew the admonitory poem, "Hats off, the flag is passing by."