gratulatory
- a word derived from gratulate.
Example Sentences
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And with such and similar gratulatory communings they found their setting forth across the sunlit sea that day an adventuring full of rich contentment.
From The Skipper and the Skipped Being the Shore Log of Cap'n Aaron Sproul by Day, Holman
And Chum left the ring, to find a score of gratulatory hands stretched forth to pat him.
From His Dog by Terhune, Albert Payson
He composed “all the devises, pastimes, and plays at Norwich” when Queen Elizabeth was entertained there; as well as gratulatory verses to her at Woodstock.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
His name is less remembered by his translations and gratulatory poems than by the numerous satirical allusions of Pope, e.g.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 8 "Ethiopia" to "Evangelical Association" by Various
Dear Mrs. Bell, Your most kind gratulatory note deserved an answer more gratefully prompt than this.
From The Letters of Henry James (volume I) by James, Henry
