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commendatory

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com·men·da·to·ry  (k-mnd-tôr, -tr)
adj.
Serving to commend.
Translations
commendatory
adj → anerkennend
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Therefore it doth much add to a man's reputation, and is (as Queen Isabella said) like perpetual letters commendatory, to have good forms.
The Essays by Bacon, Sir Francis View in context
The instant the door closed on Miss Temple, Remark able commenced a sort of mysterious, ambiguous discourse, that was neither abusive nor commendatory of the qualities of the absent personage, but which seemed to be drawing nigh, by regular degrees, to a most dissatisfied description.
The Pioneers by Cooper, James Fenimore View in context
And while he ran over it, he nodded his head from time to time, and maintained a running fire of commendatory remarks: "Good
Moon-Face and Other Stories by London, Jack View in context
 
 
 
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