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Gratulatory

Definition: Gratulatory

Gratulatory

Adjective

1. Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "gratulatory" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1877. (references)

Etymology: Gratulatory \Grat"u*la*to*ry\, adjective. [Latin expression gratulatorius.]. (Websters 1913)


Synonym: Gratulatory

Synonym: congratulatory (adj). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Gratulatory

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Congratulation

Adjective: congratulatory, gratulatory.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Gratulatory

English words defined with "gratulatory": congratulatory. (references)

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Modern Translations: Gratulatory

Language Translations for "gratulatory"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Vietnamese 

  

sự chúc mừng (congratulation), chúc mừng. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: Gratulatory

Derivations

Words ending with "gratulatory": congratulatory. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Gratulatory"

Words rhyming with "gratulatory" (pronounced 'Grat"u*la*to*ry'): Abbreviatory, Abditory, Abjuratory, Ablutionary, Absolutory, Absolvatory, Acceleratory, Acclamatory, Accusatory, Accustomary, Acetary, Acetimetry, Acidimetry, Acoumetry, Actino-chemistry, Actinometry, Actuary, Additionary, Additory, Adhortatory, Adiaphory, Adjuratory, Adjutory, Admaxillary, Adminiculary, Admissory, Admonitory, Adry, Adstrictory, Adulatory, Advisory, Advocatory, Aerometry, Affirmatory, Alary, Alchemistry, Alcoholometry, Alcoometry, Aldermanry, Aleatory, Aleberry, Alimentary, Alkalimetry, Allegory, Alleviatory, Allodiary, Allusory, Almonry, Almry, Altimetry. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Gratulatory

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-g-l-o-r-r-t-t-u-y"

-4 letters: arugola, auroral, grayout, gyrator, tatouay.

-5 letters: agouty, aortal, aurora, grotty, grouty, layout, otalgy, outlay, ragout, rattly, rotary, rotgut, rugola, tartar, tartly, tautly, tautog, torula, trotyl, trouty, tryout, turgor, yogurt.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-g-l-o-r-r-t-t-u-y"
 

+3 letters: antiregulatory, congratulatory.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Gratulatory


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

47 72 61 74 75 6C 61 74 6F 72 79

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

--.    .-.    .-    -    ..-    .-..    .-    -    ---    .-.    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000111 01110010 01100001 01110100 01110101 01101100 01100001 01110100 01101111 01110010 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#71 &#114 &#97 &#116 &#117 &#108 &#97 &#116 &#111 &#114 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0047 0072 0061 0074 0075 006C 0061 0074 006F 0072 0079

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

4184678687786786818491

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Derivations
6. Rhymes
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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