Associations to the word «Gratulatory»

Noun

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Wiktionary

GRATULATORY, adjective. (archaic) congratulatory

Dictionary definition

GRATULATORY, adjective. 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".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats