Approbatory
Approbatory adjective - Expressing approval.
Usage example: the candidate's views on taxes received overwhelmingly approbatory nods from the conservative audience
Respectful and approbatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Respectful" instead an adjective "Approbatory".
Nearby Words: approbation, approbate, approbating, approbated
Respectful
Respectful adjective - Marked by or showing proper regard for another's higher status.
Approbatory and respectful are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Approbatory" instead an adjective "Respectful".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- understanding and approbatory
- understanding and respectful
- good and approbatory
- good and respectful
- pleasant and approbatory
- pleasant and respectful
- kind and approbatory
- kind and respectful
- gracious and approbatory
- gracious and respectful
- polite and approbatory
- polite and respectful
- courtly and approbatory
- courtly and respectful
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