congratulational

English

Etymology

From congratulation +‎ -al.

Adjective

congratulational (comparative more congratulational, superlative most congratulational)

1. Relating to congratulation.

   Synonyms: congratulationary, congratulatory

   • 1941, Pennsylvania State University, School Activities, volumes 13–14, page 162:

     A while back on this page we made a congratulational note to the effect that we had never in any student council election campaign heard a single candidate “smear” his opponent, a practice that is common in adult political campaigns.

   • 1951, American Society for Testing Materials, “National Bureau of Standards and British Standards Institution Felicitated”, in Bulletin, page 37:

     On May 8, 1951, the Board of Directors adopted two resolutions which were congratulational messages to the National Bureau of Standards and the British Standards Institution on their 50th anniversary.

   • 1989, William J. Casey, Herbert E. Meyer, Mark B. Liedl, Scouting the Future: The Public Speeches of William J. Casey, Regnery Gateway, →ISBN, page 13:

     On such occasions it customary for someone like me to say a few things informational, a few things inspirational, and perhaps a few things “congratulational.”

   • 1996 November 8, R. LEWIS, “Re: Is there an intellectual solution?”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet), message-ID <philipis-0811961425020001@user-168-121-18-128.dialup.mindspring.com>:

     Aside from the oh-what-a-good-boy-am-I self congratulational aspect of the statement, it is worth noting that this is being done at the age of 49, without a prior high school education and with an evaluation at the age of eleven that determined me to be borderline retarded.

   • 2003, The Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia, page 346:

     President Roh Moo-hyun, in his congratulational address on the National Independence Day, stressed upon the realization of a self-defense policy within 10 years.

   • 2004 May 27, Græme, “Re: Bafflingly OT: Minute's silence”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers (Usenet), message-ID <ca8c9fc57c5d006c43f8b0646f62ec71@news.teranews.com>:

     Applause is a bit too congratulational if you ask me... Like saying.. "well done!! you died!!!"... The other alternative would be to announce over the PA system and display a message of condolence...