recommendatory

[ rek-uh-men-duh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

1. serving to recommend; recommending.
2. serving as or being a recommendation.

recommendatory

/ -trɪ; ˌrɛkəˈmɛndətərɪ /

adjective

1. intended to or serving to recommend

Word History and Origins

Origin of recommendatory¹

1605–15; < Medieval Latin recommendāt ( us ) ( recommendation ) + -ory ¹

Example Sentences

The giving of recommendatory letters is a subject of considerable practical interest.

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The votes of the members were only recommendatory, not conclusive, the final sentence being reserved by the duke to himself.

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Under that name, he has prefixed two recommendatory poems to the first and second parts of the Faerie queene.

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On arrival of the first fleet of ships from England, several convicts brought out recommendatory letters from different friends.

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

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Related Words

• agreeable
• benign
• encouraging
• positive
• supportive
• sympathetic