Both Uses of "admonish" in "The Phantom Tollbooth"

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Both Uses

admonish
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The Phantom Tollbooth
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"Then I suggest you begin at once," admonished the Dodecahedron from his admonishing face, "for here in Digitopolis everything is quite precise."†
p. 174.2

admonished = expressed disapproval; or warned or advised
"Then I suggest you begin at once," admonished the Dodecahedron from his admonishing face, "for here in Digitopolis everything is quite precise."†
p. 174.3 *

admonishing = expressing disapproval; or warning or advising

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(1) (admonish)
to express disapproval to someone of their actions; or to warn or advise someone -- sometimes in a friendly way
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)