Complimentary
[kɒmplɪ'ment(ə)rɪ] or [,kɑmplɪ'mɛntri]
Definition
(adj.) conveying or resembling a compliment; 'a complimentary remark' .
(adj.) costing nothing; 'complimentary tickets'; 'free admission' .
Checked by Dora--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Expressive of regard or praise; of the nature of, or containing, a compliment; as, a complimentary remark; a complimentary ticket.
Typist: Marcus
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. Commendatory, laudatory, encomiastic.
Typist: Sean
Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Commendatory, laudatory, panegyrical, eulogistic, encomiastic,lavish_of_praise
ANT:Disparaging, condemnatory, damnatory, denunciatory, reproachful, abusive,objurgatory, vituperative, defamatory
Checker: Maisie
Examples
- This is most complimentary to the virtue of Prince Bladud's tears, and strongly corroborative of the veracity of this legend. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- That is all; the other verses are singularly complimentary to Ephesus. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- Very complimentary to us both, said Ebrington. Harriette Wilson. The Memoirs of Harriette Wilson.
- Though she called me boy so often, and with a carelessness that was far from complimentary, she was of about my own age. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- Thank you,' said Fledgeby, 'you're very complimentary to say so. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- The spinster caused Briggs to write back to the Colonel a gracious and complimentary letter, encouraging him to continue his correspondence. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
- I call that complimentary. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- It was very nice and complimentary of you, Holmes answered. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
- As Miss Lamb had 'enjoyed' the story, this speech was not exactly grateful or complimentary. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- Other names of a less complimentary nature were applied to him, even though his lamp were actually in use, and the principle of commercial incandescent lighting had been established. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- But she holds it on sufferance and by a complimentary construction of language which does not refer to her. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- You are very complimentary, retorted the Greek ironically, turning away. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- A characteristic, but not exactly complimentary, congratulation, returned Laurie, still in an abject attitude, but beaming with satisfaction. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
- He talked on in this complimentary strain with a fluency which left me no exertion to make beyond the effort of maintaining my composure. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- That is hardly complimentary to me, who have given up all my life to the study of the Greek poets. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
Typed by Damian