Gratulatory

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gratulatory \Grat"u*la*to*ry\, a. [L. gratulatorius.]
     Expressing gratulation or joy; congratulatory.
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           The usual groundwork of such gratulatory odes. --Bp.
                                                    Horsley.


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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gratulatory
       adj : expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of
             someone's success or good fortune; "a congratulatory
             telegram"; "the usual congratulatory crowd was
             conspicuously absent"; "a gratulatory address" [syn: {congratulatory}]