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GRATULATORY
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Dictionary entry overview: What does gratulatory mean?
• GRATULATORY (adjective)
The adjective GRATULATORY has 1 sense:
1. expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
Familiarity information: GRATULATORY used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
Synonyms:
congratulatory; gratulatory
Context example:
a gratulatory address
Similar:
felicitous (exhibiting an agreeably appropriate manner or style)
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