congratulatory
Example Sentences
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He has always been congratulatory of me, almost proud of me in a sense.
From BBC
He startled Beijing by taking Tsai’s congratulatory call on his election, making him the first U.S. president-elect to speak directly to a Taiwanese leader since 1979, when Washington severed formal diplomatic ties with the island.
Chinese and Russian officials sent congratulatory letters to Kim as the party congress opened, state media reported.
Afterward the jury gave the judge a congratulatory card.
“Eastward, Westward” is the opposite of congratulatory: It is courtly and self-effacing.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
