Dictionary

congratulational en · ADJ

Etymology

From congratulation + -al.

Meanings

1. Relating to congratulation.
   • On May 8, 1951, the Board of Directors adopted two resolutions which were congratulational messages to the National Bureau of Standards and the British Standards Institution on their 50th anniversary. 1951, American Society for Testing Materials, “National Bureau of Standards and British Standards Institution Felicitated”, in Bulletin, page 37:
   • Aside from the oh-what-a-good-boy-am-I self congratulational aspect of the statement, it is worth noting that this is being done at the age of 49, without a prior high school education and with an evaluation at the age of eleven that determined me to be borderline retarded. 1996 November 8, R. LEWIS, “Re: Is there an intellectual solution?”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet), message-ID <philipis-0811961425020001@user-168-121-18-128.dialup.mindspring.com>:
   • A while back on this page we made a congratulational note to the effect that we had never in any student council election campaign heard a single candidate “smear” his opponent, a practice that is common in adult political campaigns. 1941, Pennsylvania State University, School Activities, volumes 13–14, page 162:
   • President Roh Moo-hyun, in his congratulational address on the National Independence Day, stressed upon the realization of a self-defense policy within 10 years. 2003, The Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia, page 346:
   • On such occasions it customary for someone like me to say a few things informational, a few things inspirational, and perhaps a few things “congratulational.” 1989, William J. Casey, Herbert E. Meyer, Mark B. Liedl, Scouting the Future: The Public Speeches of William J. Casey, Regnery Gateway, →ISBN, page 13:
   • Applause is a bit too congratulational if you ask me... Like saying.. "well done!! you died!!!"... The other alternative would be to announce over the PA system and display a message of condolence... 2004 May 27, Græme, “Re: Bafflingly OT: Minute's silence”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers (Usenet), message-ID <ca8c9fc57c5d006c43f8b0646f62ec71@news.teranews.com>:

Forms

Synonyms

congratulationary · congratulatory