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commendatorily

adv

Etymology

From commendatory + -ly.

  1. derived from commendō — “commend, entrust to, commit, recommend”
  2. derived from comender
  3. inherited from commenden
  4. suffixed as commendatory — “commend + atory”
  5. suffixed as commendatorily — “commendatory + ly”

Definitions

  1. In a commendatory manner

    In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.

    • 1859, “Dodge’s improved open fire-grate,” Scientific American, New Series, Volume 1, No. 1, 2 July, 1859, p. 6, […] the one which we have had for some time enables us to speak thus commendatorily of its advantages.
    • Then as if assuming the matter is settled and everybody has agreed, he places his hands commendatorily on the backs of the men he is standing between […]

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA