Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune.
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Her gasp of astonishment was lost in the chorus of congratulatory cries.
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Ned gave me a quick hard wink, perhaps congratulatory, perhaps in scorn.
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I therefore issued a congratulatory proclamation to my army in these words:
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Even during the morning she received a congratulatory message from the manager.
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All of these scenes are entertaining, in a self-congratulatory sort of way.
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At the Downing Street press conference on 12 April, Hancock was self-congratulatory.
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Months before the election, congratulatory messages began to pour into the Hermitage.
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But Mademoiselle chevalier intimated between his congratulatory wish and the false front.
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On the same day, David Cameron wrote a congratulatory letter to Kenyatta.
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Mr. Batt gave me a most kindly congratulatory bow upon his entrance.
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Show us in your day-to-day life, not in your self-congratulatory social media.
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With the twee, self-congratulatory filters it looked -well, twee and self-congratulatory
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He, however, as I had done, sent Thomas a warm congratulatory letter.
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Working rapidly, with no lost motions, he rambled on, congratulatory, reproachful, whimsical.
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Without the twee, self-congratulatory filters, it looked like a photo of garbage.
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South Korean President Moon Jae-in sent a congratulatory message to Yun via Twitter.
