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US
/kənˈɡɹætʃəɫəˌtɔɹi/
]
[ UK /kənɡɹˈætʃʊlˈeɪtəɹˌi/ ]
[ UK /kənɡɹˈætʃʊlˈeɪtəɹˌi/ ]
ADJECTIVE
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expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
a gratulatory address
a congratulatory telegram
the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent
How To Use congratulatory In A Sentence
- There is a brief production featurette, which is mostly self-congratulatory blather.
- Across the wide marble hall their parents talked with the Wintertons, who were in a self-congratulatory mood. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
- He could see similarities in the way I fought and was very magnanimous to me, sending me congratulatory messages and notes. Times, Sunday Times
- On March 26, 2011, Chinese President Hu Jintao exchanged congratulatory messages with his Cameroonian counterpart Paul Biya to mark the 40th anniversary of diplomatic ties between the two countries.
- How out of character for him to say anything but the most self-congratulatory - no, make that "ejaculatory" - self-absorbed crap! City of Hooters?
- There was a congratulatory phone call when I got the part. The Sun
- the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent
- These types of self-congratulatory remarks are commonplace and formulaic.
- Prime Minister John Major also sent a congratulatory message to the awards ceremony.
- To complement the unveiling of the work, the centre has produced a self-congratulatory brochure.
