Nigel Hamilton

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.

British Author

Laurence Housman

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.

English Playwright

Brett Kavanaugh

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.

American Judge

Laudatory is used when expressing approval and admiration in a very positive way.

Positive Tone

Often used in formal events to honor or show high respect towards someone.

Ceremonial Speeches

Sometimes, it can imply that praise is more than deserved, approaching flattery.

Laudatory

Positive Tone

Ceremonial Speeches

Excessive Praise

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