recommendatory

[rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˌrɛk əˈmɛn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

ADJECTIVE

favorable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

WEAK

acclamatory affirmative amicable approbative approbatory assenting benevolent benignant commending complimentary enthusiastic in favor of inclined kind kindly laudatory okay praiseful predisposed reassuring understanding welcoming well-disposed well-intentioned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

WEAK

bad derogatory detrimental harmful hindering hurtful hurting injurious unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unpromising

Example Sentences

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But the singer says he isn't through with the recommendatory sciences.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2010

Attentions, civil, kind, and recommendatory, showered on Miss Hazel from all sides.

From Wych Hazel by Warner, Susan

I 'm not the son of an old steward or family coachman, that I want to go about with a black pocket-book stuffed with recommendatory letters.

From Tony Butler by Lever, Charles James

I will give you recommendatory letters to him.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

He was to consider his instructions as recommendatory, not as peremptory.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John

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