valedictory
Use Valedictory in a sentence
ɪˈdɪk adjective
1.
bidding good-bye; saying farewell: a valedictory speech.
2.
of or pertaining to an occasion of leave-taking: a valedictory ceremony.
noun
3.
an address or oration delivered at the commencement exercises of a college or school on behalf of the graduating class.
4.
any farewell address or oration.
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Valedictory
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| —n , pl -ries | |
| 1. | a farewell address or speech |
| 2. | (US), (Canadian) a farewell speech delivered at a graduation ceremony, usually by the most outstanding graduate |
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Example sentences
The biography's valedictory pages are rather stunningly anticlimactic.
The game's valedictory message is built into its architecture: school is the safe ground.
Suffering the nearly incapacitating pain of facial neuralgia, he began his valedictory in a low voice.
Jerry won't be working a graveyard shift, there's no one left to harangue, and the mood will be valedictory.
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