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commendatorily

commendatorily adverb: in a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.

Adverb

commendatorily (comparative more commendatorily, superlative most commendatorily)

  1. In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.
    • […] the one which we have had for some time enables us to speak thus commendatorily of its advantages.1859, “Dodge’s improved open fire-grate,” Scientific American, New Series, Volume 1, No. 1, 2 July, 1859, p. 6
    • Then as if assuming the matter is settled and everybody has agreed, he places his hands commendatorily on the backs of the men he is standing between […]1956, Agnes Newton Keith, chapter 25, in Bare Feet in the Palace, London: Michael Joseph, page 352

Forms of commendatorily

comparativemore commendatorily
superlativemost commendatorily

Origin of commendatorily

From commendatory + -ly.

Questions about commendatorily

What does commendatorily mean?
Commendatorily means in a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.
What part of speech is commendatorily?
Commendatorily is an adverb.

Words near commendatorily in the dictionary

  1. commendatary
  2. commendation
  3. commendations
  4. commendator
  5. commendatories
  6. commendatorily
  7. commendators
  8. commendatory
  9. commended
  10. commendee
  11. commendees

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