congratulatory
pronunciation
How to pronounce congratulatory in British English:
UK [kənˌgrætʃuˈleɪtəri]
How to pronounce congratulatory in American English:
US [kənˈgrætʃələtɔri]
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- Adjective:
- expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
Word Origin
- congratulatory (adj.)
- 1520s; see congratulate + -ory.
Example
- 1. Congratulatory message from israel 's minister of agriculture .
- 2. Send authority of chinese mining industry to evaluate division association to hold water and the congratulatory letter of first member congress .
- 3. My husband and I grabbed a congratulatory bottle of wine and headed over .
- 4. Congratulatory ceremony is held beside a plane of washington nation airport .
- 5. Can I give you a congratulatory hug ?