'Gratulatory' definitions:
Definition of 'gratulatory'
(from WordNet)
adjective
Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address" [syn: congratulatory, gratulatory]
Definition of 'Gratulatory'
From: GCIDE
- Gratulatory \Grat"u*la*to*ry\, a. [L. gratulatorius.] Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory. [1913 Webster]
- The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. --Bp. Horsley. [1913 Webster]