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condolatory

condolatory adjective: offering condolence.

Adjective

condolatory (not comparable)

  1. Offering condolence.
    • The affair at the time made much noise in the fashionable world, and formed the subject of the condolatory address in question, from Lord Byron's pen.1837, George Gordon N Byron, William Henry L E Bulwer, The Complete Works of Lord Byron
    • And soon, condolatory messages started to pour in.1985, A H Ohiaeri, Behind the Iron Curtain

Questions about condolatory

What does condolatory mean?
Condolatory means offering condolence.
What part of speech is condolatory?
Condolatory is an adjective.

Words near condolatory in the dictionary

  1. condoization
  2. condoize
  3. condoized
  4. condoizes
  5. condoizing
  6. condolatory
  7. condole
  8. condoled
  9. condoled chief
  10. condoled chiefs
  11. condoledst

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