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ˈgratulatorily, adv. [f. next + -ly2.] By way of congratulation, thanks, or greeting.
1620Donne Serm. xlii. 416 To Exclaime gratulatorily in his behalfe Quanta fidei vis. a1638Mede Disc. Luke Wks. (1672) i. xxiv. 91 Or both causally and gratulatorily thus, Glory be to God in the highest [etc.]. 1880Miss H. A. Duff Honor MacMichael I. ii. 46 His brother heard..of his engagement, and wrote gratulatorily. |