Both Uses of
admonish
in
A Thousand Acres
- I seemed, on the surface, to be continually talking to myself, giving myself instructions or admonishments, asking myself what I really wanted, making comparisons, busily working my rational faculties over every aspect of Jess and my feelings for him as if there were actually something to decide.†
p. 172.4 *admonishments = acts of expressing disapproval, or of warning or advising
- She addressed this to Linda, an admonishment, a moral lesson.†
p. 179.8admonishment = the act of expressing disapproval; or the act of warning or advising
Definition:
to express disapproval to someone of their actions; or to warn or advise someone -- sometimes in a friendly way