congratulatory

[ kuh n-grach-uh-luh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee or, often, -graj-, kuh ng- ]

/ kənˈgrætʃ ə ləˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i or, often, -ˈgrædʒ-, kəŋ- /

expressing or conveying congratulations: a congratulatory telegram.

Origin of congratulatory

1515–25; < Medieval Latin congrātulātōrius, equivalent to Latin congrātulā(rī) (see congratulate) + -tōrious -tory¹

non·con·grat·u·la·to·ry, adjective qua·si-con·grat·u·la·to·ry, adjective un·con·grat·u·la·to·ry, adjective

ERIK: He texted us about a few weeks ago, just to kind of give us a congratulatory text on “Skydive” and the video.

Not a Liquid Dream: O-Town's Back, Baby. But Where’s Ashley? |Melissa Leon |August 25, 2014 |DAILY BEAST
The general reaction among his teammates was congratulatory and warm, but in retrospect surprisingly muted.

Babe Ruth’s Summer of Records |Bill Bryson |September 29, 2013 |DAILY BEAST
The defense quoted a congratulatory e-mail she sent him as the carnage in Mumbai filled television screens worldwide.

Terrorism Trial's Unreliable Narrator |ProPublica |May 30, 2011 |DAILY BEAST
He turned to her with congratulatory admiration so fervid that she shrank somewhat, notwithstanding that she knew him so well.

The Mayor of Casterbridge |Thomas Hardy

He lavished condoling or congratulatory phrases apropos of all the petty miseries and all the little felicities of life.

The Deputy of Arcis |Honore de Balzac
The stage-door burst open and a crowd of congratulatory friends burst in and gathered around the disheveled actors and committee.

When Patty Went to College |Jean Webster
He did his best to smother her refusal by advancing to the professor with congratulatory hand extended.

Dominie Dean |Ellis Parker Butler
Here he received embassies and congratulatory addresses from the different princes of Italy.

History of The Reign of Philip The Second King of Spain |William H. Prescott