Ma'anar ƙamus na kalmar "exclamatory" ita ce: bayyana ƙaƙƙarfan motsin rai ko yin kirari. Jumla mai ban sha'awa nau'in jimla ce da ke ba da motsin rai, jin daɗi, mamaki, ko wasu zazzafan ji, sau da yawa alama ta wurin faɗakarwa a ƙarshe. Alal misali, "Mene ne kyakkyawan rana!" ko "Ba zan iya yarda da shi ba!" Jumloli ne masu ban mamaki.