laudatoryadj.n.
/ˈlɔːdət(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈlɔdəˌtɔri/, /ˈlɑdəˌtɔri/ A. adj.
Expressive of praise; eulogistic. Const. of.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adjective] > of words or expressions
praisinga1382
laudablec1420
magnifical1533
magnific1548
commendatory1555
laudatory?1567
commendable1576
laudative1609
eulogiacal1654
eulogistic1825
eulogic1831
encomiastic1841
eulogious1887
?1567 M. Parker Whole Psalter cxi. 326 This laudatory is: and thankth God's gentlenes.
a1634 W. Austin Devotionis Augustinianæ Flamma (1635) 190 His [Christ's] Laudatory Sermon to the People concerning John.
1821 J. Foster Let. 30 Apr. in Life & Corr. J. Foster (1846) II. 44 The laudatory testimony inscribed upon it.
1824 J. Bentham Bk. of Fallacies in Wks. (1843) II. 413 The object of laudatory personalities is to effect the rejection of a measure.
1838 G. P. R. James Robber I. viii. 201 Wiley muttered something not very laudatory of his companion.
1858 N. Hawthorne Fr. & Ital. Jrnls. I. 291 An artist is not apt to speak in a very laudatory style of a brother artist.
1884 Times (Weekly ed.) 10 Oct. 13/1 Monumental inscriptions, laudatory of gods and kings.
A laudatory discourse, a eulogy. Obsolete.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > formal expression of praise > [noun]
encomy1542
eloge1566
celebrating1573
elogium1576
encomium1589
eulogy1591
encomion1601
panegyry1602
panegyric1603
panegyre1604
laudative1605
elogy1612
laudatory1620
encomiasm1634
encomiastica1637
panegyris1646
orgya1657
eulogium1706
panegyrism1894
1620 Horæ Subseciuæ 353 I will not enter into a Laudatory thereof.
1642 J. Milton Apol. Smectymnuus 7 A laudatory of it selfe obtruded in the very first word.
Derivatives
ˈlaudatorily adv.
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the mind > attention and judgement > esteem > approval or sanction > commendation or praise > [adverb]
praisinglyc1475
magnifically1555
applausefully1630
magnificently1630
eulogically1634
praisefully1651
applausively1741
commendably1747
eulogistically1831
laudatorily1847
commendatively1865
commendingly1876
extollingly1886
1847 Blackwood's Mag. 62 323 A dangerous competitor recently and laudatorily noticed in the pages of Maga.
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