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Meaning of GRATULATORY

Pronunciation:  'gratyûluturee

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[adj]  expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address"
 

GRATULATORY is a 11 letter word that starts with G.

 

 Synonyms: congratulatory, felicitous
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Grat"u*la*to*ry\, a. [L. gratulatorius.]
Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.

      The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. --Bp.
                                               Horsley.

 

 

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