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complimentative

complimentative adjective: complimentary.

Adjective

complimentative (comparative more complimentative, superlative most complimentative)

  1. (archaic) complimentary
    • March 3 1778, James Boswell, letter to Edmund Burke
      This may be perhaps a singular method of beginning a correspondence ; and in one sense may not be very complimentative. But I can sincerely assure you , dear sir , that I feel and mean a genuine compliment to Mr. Burke himself

Forms of complimentative

comparativemore complimentative
superlativemost complimentative

Origin of complimentative

From compliment (verb) + -ative.

Questions about complimentative

What does complimentative mean?
Complimentative means complimentary.
What part of speech is complimentative?
Complimentative is an adjective.

Words near complimentative in the dictionary

  1. complimentally
  2. complimentarily
  3. complimentariness
  4. complimentarity
  5. complimentary
  6. complimentative
  7. complimented
  8. complimentee
  9. complimentees
  10. complimenter
  11. complimenters

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