appreciatory

[uh-pree-shee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee, -shuh-]

adjective

1. appreciative.

Other Word Forms

• appreciatorily adverb

Word History and Origins

Origin of appreciatory¹

First recorded in 1810–20; appreciate + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

Eminem received acclaim from some hip-hop stars and online commentators, and even an appreciatory tweet from Kaepernick.

From Washington Post

Showing appreciation; appreciative; as, appreciatory commendation.

From Project Gutenberg

Some of the relics were afterward removed to Boston, and, the family becoming extinct with the death of Mrs. Fletcher Webster, the place found an appreciatory proprietor in Mr. Walton Hall, a Boston business-man who was reared in this neighborhood, where Webster's was "a name to conjure by."

From Project Gutenberg

The piano was delightful; she was tingling to make the most of her opportunity, and played the introductory bars with a dainty finish which brought Miss Caldecott’s eyes upon her with an appreciatory flash.

From Project Gutenberg

But she was already reading the brief article aloud, slowly but with appreciatory expression.

From Project Gutenberg