commendatory
Americanadjective
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serving to commend; approving; praising.
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holding a benefice in commendam.
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held in commendam.
Other Word Forms
- noncommendatory adjective
- subcommendatory adjective
- uncommendatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of commendatory
1545–55; < Late Latin commendātōrius, equivalent to commendā ( re ) to commend + -tōrius -tory 1
Example Sentences
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A quick scroll through his timeline will mostly yield commendatory musings about various Amazon ventures or the executive’s space-exploration outfit, Blue Origin.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 11, 2017
A quick scroll through his timeline will mostly yield commendatory musings about various Amazon ventures or the executive’s space exploration outfit, Blue Origin.
From Seattle Times • Feb. 9, 2017
It is difficult to reconcile this statement with my appointment by him as Commander in Chief of the United Nations Command, and the number of most commendatory messages he sent me .
From Time Magazine Archive
The punch won Happy no votes on the campus, where he is a trustee, but it did draw a commendatory letter from FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover.
From Time Magazine Archive
He watched the antics of the other contra basso and duplicated them so faithfully as to call for a commendatory nod from the Professor at the conclusion of the number.
From The Competitive Nephew by Glass, Montague
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