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Definition of "laudatory" []

  • Expressing or conferring praise: a laudatory review of the new play. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "laudatory" in a sentence
  • "Last month, he published what could reasonably be described as a laudatory piece on the life and character of one Tony Abbott in"
  • "It was difficult to talk to Holbrooke about his last role without recalling a laudatory review he wrote two years ago of Gordon Goldstein's book about McGeorge Bundy and the Vietnam War."
  • "It was difficult to talk to Mr. Holbrooke about his last role without recalling a laudatory review he wrote two years ago of Gordon Goldstein's book about McGeorge Bundy and the Vietnam"