recommendatory
Americanadjective
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serving to recommend; recommending.
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serving as or being a recommendation.
adjective
Etymology
Origin of recommendatory
1605–15; < Medieval Latin recommendāt ( us ) ( see recommendation) + -ory 1
Example Sentences
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But the singer says he isn't through with the recommendatory sciences.
From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2010
All ignominious exposure will ere long be considered equally barbarous,—including capital punishment, of which such exposure is the recommendatory principle.
From How to Observe Morals and Manners by Martineau, Harriet
Dr. Franklin has given me a pass, and recommendatory letter to the famous Mr. West.
From The Loyalists of Massachusetts And the Other Side of the American Revolution by Stark, James H.
He was to consider his instructions as recommendatory, not as peremptory.
From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John
He wrote a recommendatory copy of verses, which are prefixed to "The Conquest of Granada."
From The works of John Dryden, now first collected in eighteen volumes. Volume 06 by Scott, Walter, Sir
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