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.