单词 | congratulatory |
释义 | congratulatoryadj. 1. Conveying congratulations. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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. ΘΚΠ 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). < adj.1523 |
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