dedicatory
Americanadjective
Other Word Forms
- dedicatorily adverb
- nondedicative adjective
- nondedicatory adjective
Etymology
Origin of dedicatory
Example Sentences
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But as is typical with Kurtag’s dedicatory works, he’s able to tip his hat to another composer while sounding like himself.
From New York Times • Mar. 31, 2022
The volume is constructed identically to her first, with a dedicatory epistle followed by the translations and an original poem, “The necessitie and benefite of affliction.”
From The New Yorker • Aug. 5, 2019
“Throughout it all, Los Angeles has never broken faith with the Coliseum’s dedicatory purpose,” Hahn wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2019
Come at 6:30 p.m. and take a look at the newly dedicated Immanuel Chapel during its dedicatory year of celebration.
From Washington Post • Mar. 25, 2016
To be sure, there is always the danger of affectation, and the concluding sentences of Mr. Yeats's dedicatory letter to "AE" are pretty close to buncombe.
From The Critical Game by Macy, John Albert
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