gratulatory

He replied to their con- gratulatory words without thinking, a few nods, a couple of sure, sure's.

The stranger gave her a wry grin accompanied by a con- gratulatory bow.

"Thank you for the gratulatory comment, Desi."

On his 80th birthday, Lenel received a gratulatory letter, which was signed by academics representing 20 countries of various continents and 100 universities.

He wrote an elegy (1612) on the death of Henry Frederick, Prince of Wales, and a volume of gratulatory poems (1613) on the marriage of the princess Elizabeth.

Her elder half-sister Ann was the third wife of Sir Julius Caesar, Master of the Rolls, to whom Hakewill addressed gratulatory Latin verses (now in the British Library).

Though he produced many translations and gratulatory poems, Eusden's literary reputation is dominated by the satirical allusions of Alexander Pope's satire The Dunciad: e.g. "Know, Eusden thirsts no more for sack or praise; He sleeps among the dull of ancient days."