Definitions

recommendatory

[rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee] / ˌrɛk əˈmɛn dəˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i /

ADJECTIVE

favorable

Synonyms

STRONGEST

agreeable benign encouraging positive supportive sympathetic

WEAK

acclamatory affirmative amicable approbative approbatory assenting benevolent benignant commending complimentary enthusiastic in favor of inclined kind kindly laudatory okay praiseful predisposed reassuring understanding welcoming well-disposed well-intentioned

Antonyms

STRONGEST

disadvantageous disagreeable hateful

WEAK

bad derogatory detrimental harmful hindering hurtful hurting injurious unfavorable unfriendly unhelpful unpromising

Example Sentences

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But the singer says he isn't through with the recommendatory sciences.

From BusinessWeek • Apr. 8, 2010

I was to take with me letters recommendatory to a number of his friends, besides the letter of credit to furnish me with the necessary money for purchasing the press, types, paper, &c.

From Memoirs of Benjamin Franklin; Written by Himself. [Vol. 1 of 2] With His Most Interesting Essays, Letters, and Miscellaneous Writings; Familiar, Moral, Political, Economical, and Philosophical by Franklin, Benjamin

I will give you recommendatory letters to him.

From Voltaire's Romances, Complete in One Volume by

He was to consider his instructions as recommendatory, not as peremptory.

From Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. by Lossing, Benson John

I was to take with me Letters recommendatory to a Number of his Friends, besides the Letter of Credit to furnish me with the necessary Money for purchasing the Press and Types, Paper, etc.

From Benjamin Franklin Representative selections, with introduction, bibliograpy, and notes by Jorgenson, Chester E.

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