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recommendatory

American  
[rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˌrɛk əˈmɛn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

adjective

  1. serving to recommend; recommending.

  2. serving as or being a recommendation.

recommendatory British  
/ -trɪ, ˌrɛkəˈmɛndətərɪ /

adjective

  1. intended to or serving to recommend

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Etymology

Origin of recommendatory

1605–15; < Medieval Latin recommendāt ( us ) ( 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

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

The tag of the acts of a new comedy! a prologue sent by a person of quality three copies of recommendatory verses! and two Greek mottos!

From Three Hours after Marriage by Arbuthnot, John

For this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady

Attentions, civil, kind, and recommendatory, showered on Miss Hazel from all sides.

From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan

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