cautionary

adj 1: tending to ward off; "the swastika...a very ancient

prophylactic symbol occurring among all peoples"-

Victor Schultze [syn: {preventive}, {prophylactic}]

2: serving to warn; "shook a monitory finger at him"; "an

exemplary jail sentence" [syn: {admonitory}, {exemplary},

{monitory}, {warning(a)}]