recommendatory

Example Sentences

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

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2010

He parted from the inhabitants with their regrets, and came to the metropolis with thirty recommendatory letters.

From Calamities and Quarrels of Authors by Disraeli, Isaac

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

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

Perhaps the War-Lord with his red right hand can add guns to their salute; perhaps he will speak a recommendatory word to his caste-fellow, the Country-Lord?

From Twenty-One Days in India; and, the Teapot Series by Aberigh-Mackay, George Robert

For this reason, recommendatory or precatory words used in a bequest are frequently treated as an express direction.

From History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III by Stanton, Elizabeth Cady