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
The equality of the administration of justice in the different states, has ever been dwelt upon as recommendatory of the new plan of government.
From Essays on the Constitution of the United States by Ford, Paul Leicester
This is the strong recommendatory language of Morhof: Polyhist.
From Bibliomania; or Book-Madness A Bibliographical Romance by Dibdin, Thomas Frognall
I was to take with me Letters recommendatory to a Number of his Friends, besides the Letter of Credit to furnish me with the necessary Money for purchasing the Press and Types, Paper, etc.
From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.
I 'm not the son of an old steward or family coachman, that I want to go about with a black pocket-book stuffed with recommendatory letters.
From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James
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