congratulational
congratulational adjective: relating to congratulation.
Adjective
congratulational (comparative more congratulational, superlative most congratulational)
- Relating to congratulation.
- A while back on this page we made a congratulational note to the effect that we had never in any student council election campaign heard a single candidate “smear” his opponent, a practice that is common in adult political campaigns.1941, Pennsylvania State University, School Activities, volumes 13–14, page 162
- On May 8, 1951, the Board of Directors adopted two resolutions which were congratulational messages to the National Bureau of Standards and the British Standards Institution on their 50th anniversary.1951, American Society for Testing Materials, “National Bureau of Standards and British Standards Institution Felicitated”, in Bulletin, page 37
- Synonyms:
- congratulationary, congratulatory
Examples of congratulational in a sentence
- On such occasions it customary for someone like me to say a few things informational, a few things inspirational, and perhaps a few things “congratulational.”1989, William J. Casey, Herbert E. Meyer, Mark B. Liedl, Scouting the Future: The Public Speeches of William J. Casey, Regnery Gateway...
- President Roh Moo-hyun, in his congratulational address on the National Independence Day, stressed upon the realization of a self-defense policy within 10 years.2003, The Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia, page 346:
- Applause is a bit too congratulational if you ask me...2004 May 27, Græme, “Re: Bafflingly OT: Minute's silence”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers (Usenet), message-ID...
Synonyms of congratulational
Forms of congratulational
| comparative | more congratulational |
|---|---|
| superlative | most congratulational |
Origin of congratulational
From congratulation + -al.
Questions about congratulational
- What does congratulational mean?
- Congratulational means relating to congratulation.
- How do you use congratulational in a sentence?
- On such occasions it customary for someone like me to say a few things informational, a few things inspirational, and perhaps a few things “congratulational.”
- What part of speech is congratulational?
- Congratulational is an adjective.
Words near congratulational in the dictionary
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