commendatorily

English

Etymology

commendatory +‎ -ly

Adverb

commendatorily (comparative more commendatorily, superlative most commendatorily)

  1. In a commendatory manner; in such a way as to commend or compliment.
    • 1859, “Dodge’s improved open fire-grate,” Scientific American, New Series, Volume 1, No. 1, 2 July, 1859, p. 6,
      […] the one which we have had for some time enables us to speak thus commendatorily of its advantages.
    • 1956, Agnes Newton Keith, Bare Feet in the Palace, London: Michael Joseph, Chapter 25, p. 352,
      Then as if assuming the matter is settled and everybody has agreed, he places his hands commendatorily on the backs of the men he is standing between […]
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