Definitions
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- adjective Of or pertaining to
condolence - adjective
compassionate
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective expressing sympathy with a person who experienced the death of a loved one
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Examples
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Canadians who are dying there are doing so in vain, and they deserve better than condolent press releases. '
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Canadians who are dying there are doing so in vain, and they deserve better than condolent press releases.
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Enshrined and multiplied; here were the votive statuettes and busts presented by condolent friends, assiduous place-seekers, scared men who had once had words with the dead; commissioned by the best artists found at short notice, to comfort Alexander's grief.
Funeral Games Renault, Mary, 1905-1983 1981
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Air yer rheumatics mendin 'enny? "he demanded, with the condolent suavity of the would-be son-in-law, or grand-son-in-law, as the case may be.
The Phantoms Of The Foot-Bridge 1895 Mary Noailles Murfree 1886
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