MEANING
Giving praise or approval.
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Words that belong together
- laudatory review
- laudatory speech
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The laudatory review surprised the novelist.
A laudatory speech opened the ceremony.
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Word forms
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- laudatory
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Usage notes
Primary category: literary. Forms: Comparative more laudatory; superlative most laudatory where gradation is meaningful. Legacy lexical fields mirror sense 1 only. Use numbered sense fields for all meanings.
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