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单词 congratulatory
释义

congratulatoryadj.

/kənˈɡratjʊlətəri/
Etymology: Formed as congratulate v. + -ory suffix2: compare Latin grātulātōrius, and French congratulatoire.
1. Conveying congratulations.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [adjective]
congratulatory1523
gratulatory1577
complementing1627
gratulinga1640
congratulating1651
applaudatory1660
congratulant1667
congratulational1827
congratulative1848
1523 T. Wolsey Let. in R. Fiddes Life Wolsey (1724) Collect. 89 Letters congratulatory directed unto the Popes holyness.
a1676 H. Guthry Mem. (1702) 92 The Earl of Loudon..made Congratulatory Speeches to his Majesty.
1713 T. Parnell in Guardian 27 May 2/1 In many Congratulatory Words they applauded one anothers Wit and Power.
1868 E. A. Freeman Hist. Norman Conquest (1876) II. vii. 17 Congratulatory embassies.
2. Ready or inclined to congratulate.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [adjective] > ready to congratulate
congratulatory1885
1885 Manch. Examiner 21 Jan. 5/2 The Manchester Academy of Fine Arts was in a congratulatory and cheerful mood at its annual meeting last night.
3. as n. A congratulatory address. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > compliment > congratulation > [noun] > an instance or expression of
gratulation1614
to give a person the parabien of1622
congratulation1632
joya1641
congratulatory1680
gratulatory1744
1680 M. Livingston (title) Albion's Congratulatory, or, a Poem upon the high and mighty Prince James his return into Scotland.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
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