Laudatory
adjective
Praising or complimenting a lot.
He made a laudatory speech about the company's achievements.
adjective
Praising or complimenting a lot.
He made a laudatory speech about the company's achievements.
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Pro Tip 1/3Positive Tone
Laudatory is used when expressing approval and admiration in a very positive way.
The laudatory review of the restaurant convinced me to dine there.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Speeches
Often used in formal events to honor or show high respect towards someone.
During the award ceremony, the host's laudatory comments made the honoree blush.
Pro Tip 3/3Excessive Praise
Sometimes, it can imply that praise is more than deserved, approaching flattery.
His laudatory remarks about the senator were seen as excessively ingratiating.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Tone
Laudatory is used when expressing approval and admiration in a very positive way.
The laudatory review of the restaurant convinced me to dine there.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Speeches
Often used in formal events to honor or show high respect towards someone.
During the award ceremony, the host's laudatory comments made the honoree blush.
Pro Tip 3/3Excessive Praise
Sometimes, it can imply that praise is more than deserved, approaching flattery.
His laudatory remarks about the senator were seen as excessively ingratiating.
Pro Tip 1/3Positive Tone
Laudatory is used when expressing approval and admiration in a very positive way.
The laudatory review of the restaurant convinced me to dine there.
Pro Tip 2/3Ceremonial Speeches
Often used in formal events to honor or show high respect towards someone.
During the award ceremony, the host's laudatory comments made the honoree blush.
Pro Tip 3/3Excessive Praise
Sometimes, it can imply that praise is more than deserved, approaching flattery.
His laudatory remarks about the senator were seen as excessively ingratiating.
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Quote examples
Nigel Hamilton
British Author
In publishing 'JFK: Reckless Youth' almost twenty years ago, I had gotten into trouble myself with the Kennedys. Not because of my portrait of JFK - which was highly laudatory - but because I had described his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in less-than-flattering terms.
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Laurence Housman
English Playwright
But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews.
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Brett Kavanaugh
American Judge
A court's assessment of an agency's compliance with statutory limits does not depend on whether the agency's policy is good or whether the agency's intentions are laudatory.
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Nigel Hamilton
British Author
In publishing 'JFK: Reckless Youth' almost twenty years ago, I had gotten into trouble myself with the Kennedys. Not because of my portrait of JFK - which was highly laudatory - but because I had described his parents, Joseph P. Kennedy and Rose Fitzgerald Kennedy, in less-than-flattering terms.
Quote examples
Laurence Housman
English Playwright
But it has also enabled me to find my feet as a lecturer and a reader of my own plays to audiences who like to hear them; and that experience of immediate appreciation gives greater pleasure and more stimulus towards further activity than even the most laudatory of reviews.
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Brett Kavanaugh
American Judge
A court's assessment of an agency's compliance with statutory limits does not depend on whether the agency's policy is good or whether the agency's intentions are laudatory.
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