consultatory

Giving professional guidance

Consultatory means relating to or involving consultation.

The word is rare and formal, appearing mainly in legal, ecclesiastical, or bureaucratic contexts where advisory processes need description: a consultatory body, consultatory procedures.

The more common adjective is consultative, which has largely displaced consultatory in modern usage.

advisory

counsel

Expert guidance offered

suggestion · expert opinion · direction · strategic advice · professional guidance · mentorship · proposition · solution · proposal · assessment

deliberative

discussion

Exchange of ideas

conference · seminar · workshop · dialogue · debate · negotiation · mediation · conciliation · summit · symposium

professional

specialist

Expert in one field

strategist · analyst · mentor · coach · solicitor · barrister · broker · agent · practitioner · facilitator

collaborative

partnership

Shared business arrangement

participation · alliance · integration · interactive · reciprocal · supportive · harmonious · coactive · contribution

Opposites
communication style

consultatorydirective

Formal command or instruction

commanding · dictatorial · authoritarian · imperious · prescriptive

information value

consultatoryuninformative

Conveying no knowledge

unhelpful · useless · vacuous

Family

consult, consultant, consultation, consults, consultants, consultative, consultancy, consultable, consultive

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Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G