gratulatory
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
15
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
5
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "The blissful day over, and the happy bride and bridegroom withdrawing from the banquet and the dance, the well-pleased chirping, able little tutor hopped before them, and led them to the hymeneal bower with floral flute, and gratulatory song!""
- "The speeches, except that of Judge [Orange] Jacobs, which was really an able and eloquent presentation of the progress and claims of the reform, were simply gratulatory and glorificatory."
- "A roar of gratulatory triumph broke--a roar so loud and inspiring that for a moment the densely packed masses did not distinguish an ear-splitting outburst just in front of them."
- "The air was full of laughter and greetings and kisses; light-hearted, offhand, gratulatory kisses which appeared to be the natural currency of felicitation."
- "Alexander offered no self-gratulatory speeches, no easy or familiar repertory, no repetitions from recent seasons."
- "It is not a self-gratulatory piece that affords people the opportunity to bask in his reflected glory, it is much more, it is the opportunity to share in the life of a human being."
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin grātulātōrius.
Usage
Inflected Forms
more gratulatory (comparative)
most gratulatory (superlative)