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Meanings of gratulatory in inglés

Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune.

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Usage of gratulatory in inglés
1
The tone of the manifestation was good-humoured, but it was not gratulatory.
The Bostonians, Vol. II (of II)
2
When the disputation terminated, one of the candidates pronounced a Latin 'gratulatory oration.'
A Collection of College Words and Customs
3
And Chum left the ring, to find a score of gratulatory hands stretched forth to pat him.
His Dog
4
It read, "All local papers out highly gratulatory references your efforts to punish guilty parties."
The Freebooters of the Wilderness
5
Therefore, the "our friend" dispersed a common gratulatory glow.
Sandra Belloni (originally Emilia in England) — Complete
6
Our very loves, and these in full and generous intimacy, must be condemned as unseeing, self-regarding, and self-gratulatory.
Star Maker
7
The Countess went to shake her brother's hand, and with a very gratulatory visage, said through her half-shut teeth.
Evan Harrington — Volume 5
8
When, after this outbreak, Lucia's face went down upon her hands, Mrs. Costello could not resist a little self-gratulatory smile.
A Canadian Heroine, Volume 3 / A Novel
9
He now diminished the number of gratulatory allusions to his own career, and made appropriate and affecting reference to his predecessor.
Twenty Years of Congress, Volume 2 / From Lincoln to Garfield, w...
10
Heaven knows I am not penning these lines in any self-gratulatory frame of mind- Iwhowrite from this happy haven among the hills.
The Argosy, Vol. 51, No. 3, March, 1891
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Gratulatory through the time