Antonyms of adj petitionary

1 sense of petitionary

Sense 1
petitionary -- (of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness")

INDIRECT (VIA beseeching) -> imperative -- (requiring attention or action; "as nuclear weapons proliferate, preventing war becomes imperative"; "requests that grew more and more imperative")

Similarity of adj petitionary

1 sense of petitionary

Sense 1
petitionary -- (of the nature of or expressing a petition; "the petitionary procedure had a quality of indecisiveness")
       => beseeching (vs. imperative), pleading, imploring -- (begging)

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