as in appreciative
feeling or expressing gratitude
as the name of each contributor was announced, the audience responded with appreciatory applause
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for appreciatory
Adjective
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One reader was appreciative that the downtown retains its period charm.—
Elizabeth Cantrell,
Travel + Leisure,
8 July 2025 -
Children seem especially appreciative of this touch — every one of them took the opportunity to twist the display bikes’ throttles while emulating the sounds of a revving engine.—
The New York Times News Service Syndicate,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
6 July 2025
Adjective
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Despite her neighbor's persistence, Goffey was thankful to get Luco back and take her home.—
Alyce Collins,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 July 2025
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This was what turning ten meant to me—not a celebration of what had come before but a thankful distance from the familiar elements of my life.—
Jhumpa Lahiri,
New Yorker,
30 June 2025
Adjective
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My own relation to the magazine has been one of a grateful reader and then of a grateful contributor.—
John Updike,
New Yorker,
11 July 2025
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Conner is incredibly grateful to the MNPD for their time and efforts to carefully investigate this tragic accident and has continued to cooperate at all times.—
Jessica Nicholson,
Billboard,
11 July 2025
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“Appreciatory.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/appreciatory. Accessed 20 Jul. 2025.
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