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laudatorily

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laud⋅a⋅to⋅ry

[law-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
–adjective
containing or expressing praise: overwhelmed by the speaker's laudatory remarks.
Also, laud⋅a⋅tive.


Origin:
1545–55; < LL laudātōrius, equiv. to laudā(re) to laud + -tōrius -tory 1


laud⋅a⋅to⋅ri⋅ly, adverb


adulatory, complimentary, commendatory.
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