gratulatory Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
    congratulatory.
    • a congratulatory telegram
    • the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent
    • a gratulatory address

WordNet


Grat"u*la*to*ry adjective
Etymology
L. gratulatorius.
Definitions
  1. Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.
    The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. Bp. Horsley.

Webster 1913