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recommendatory

[ rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]
/ ˌrɛk əˈmɛn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /
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adjective
serving to recommend; recommending.
serving as or being a recommendation.
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Origin of recommendatory

1605–15; <Medieval Latin recommendāt(us) (see recommendation) + -ory1

Words nearby recommendatory

recombination, recombine, recommence, recommend, recommendation, recommendatory, recommended dietary allowance, recommit, recompense, recompose, recompression chamber
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Words related to recommendatory

agreeable, benign, encouraging, positive, supportive, sympathetic, acclamatory, affirmative, amicable, approbative, assenting, benevolent, benignant, commending, complimentary, enthusiastic, inclined, in favor of, kind, kindly

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British Dictionary definitions for recommendatory

recommendatory
/ (ˌrɛkəˈmɛndətərɪ, -trɪ) /
adjective
intended to or serving to recommend
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