commendatorily
English
Etymology
commendatory + -ly
Adverb
commendatorily (comparative more commendatorily, superlative most commendatorily)
- In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.
- 1859, “Dodge’s improved open fire-grate,” Scientific American, New Series, Volume 1, No. 1, 2 July, 1859, p. 6,
- […] the one which we have had for some time enables us to speak thus commendatorily of its advantages.
- 1956, Agnes Newton Keith, Bare Feet in the Palace, London: Michael Joseph, Chapter 25, p. 352,
- Then as if assuming the matter is settled and everybody has agreed, he places his hands commendatorily on the backs of the men he is standing between […]
- 1859, “Dodge’s improved open fire-grate,” Scientific American, New Series, Volume 1, No. 1, 2 July, 1859, p. 6,
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