— expostulatingly , adv. — expostulator , n.
/ik spos"cheuh layt'/ , v.i. , expostulated, expostulating .
to reason earnestly with someone against something that person intends to do or has done; remonstrate: His father expostulated with him about the evils of gambling.
[ 1525-35; expostulatus demanded urgently, required (ptp. of expostulare ). See EX- 1 , POSTULATE ]
Syn . dispute, argue, protest; exhort, counsel.