(Usually plural) a polite expression of desire for someone's welfare.
1 Or mention to Ric, although Snow had given him some major compliments .
2 Paul had never been particularly adept at accepting compliments , especially extravagant ones.
3 Anybody who compliments my car earns a special place in my heart.
4 Unfortunately, conversational conventions do not encourage these much-needed compliments and supportive comments.
5 Its contents ran thus: Dr. Jekyll presents his compliments to Messrs. Maw.
6 The Mover and Seconder of the Address fully deserved the customary compliments .
7 Also hunting camps tend to be basic, with very low staff compliments .
8 Evidently it pleased- aresulthitherto unusual in the case of my compliments .
9 The long speeches, the icy compliments , expressed the feeling of the day.
10 With these compliments and in others like them the minutes passed quickly.
11 They paid her tipsy compliments ; they leered at her over the dinner-table.
12 The saleswoman compliments her French accent, and they start jabbering in French.
13 To listen to Mr Norrell talk and to pay Mr Norrell compliments !
14 Here we received the compliments of General Carr on our little fight.
15 On returning to the earth, I received the compliments of the Commission.
16 It is all compliments ; and, the man says, it is all truth.
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