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
Attentions, civil, kind, and recommendatory, showered on Miss Hazel from all sides.
From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan
In 1675, Molinos published a book entitled "Il Guida Spirituale," to which were subjoined recommendatory letters from several great personages.
From Fox's Book of Martyrs Or A History of the Lives, Sufferings, and Triumphant Deaths of the Primitive Protestant Martyrs by Foxe, John
His works were to be edited on similar lines to those of the poets of Rowe’s time, with the appendage of a life and a recommendatory preface.
From Shakespeare in the Theatre by Poel, William
He parted from the inhabitants with their regrets, and came to the metropolis with thirty recommendatory letters.
From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac
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