congratulatory

You know, people have been very congratulatory, which is good.

CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2004 2004

You know, people have been very congratulatory, which is good.

CNN Transcript Dec 22, 2004 2004

With a touch of cynicism he recalled the congratulatory messages -- the very first it had carried.

The Rapids Alan Sullivan 1907

The governor's remarks came hours after President Barack Obama made what the White House described as a congratulatory call to Quinn for winning the close Democratic primary.

chicagotribune.com - 2010

Don't worry, it will be less 'congratulatory' and more religious we promise.

Well, the word "holy" DID come to mind... Jen 2009

I figure their chances, without people caring, are 'an ice cube's chance in hell.'which aligns the narrator in a way with the reader, but doesn't dislocate the meaning, nor offer a kind of congratulatory "aha" moment.

Archive 2006-01-01 Lemon Hound 2006

My grandfather found out after all his friends had bought him "congratulatory" rounds at the corner bar.

partygirl Diary Entry partygirl 2000

But these Academical Jubilees have usually been look'd upon as a kind of congratulatory Compliment to the Accession of every new Prince to the Throne, and generally, as such, have attended them.

An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume II 1889

Vechten, who had found Ben at Lovejoy's Hotel, and still remained with him in New York, wrote to her brother a kind of congratulatory letter, mingled with sickly sentimental regrets for the "heart-broken, deserted and now departed Marie."

Rosamond — or, the Youthful Error Mary Jane Holmes 1866

It's not quite the same as having someone else to high-five with, but some kind of congratulatory action is in order.

Arkansas Online stories 2010