Congratulatory
Congratulatory adjective - Expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune.
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Special and congratulatory are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Special" instead an adjective "Congratulatory".
Special
Special adjective - Being the one or ones of a class with no other members.
Congratulatory and special are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Congratulatory" instead an adjective "Special".
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Handshake Refusal: Big Show offered Lesnar a congratulatory handshake after being defeated soundly by Brock at a special WWE Network-only event in late 2015.
Source: Wrestling / Brock Lesnar - Mythbusters has a congratulatory example in the second Alaska Special, with the newspaper-pykrete speedboat.
Source: It Has Been an Honor - And Your Reward Is Clothes: Up until you hit Elite in one of the four categories, the only tangible rewards you get for advancing in rank in the Pilot's Federation are special decals to customize your Cool Starship with and a congratulatory message.
Source: Videogame / Elite: Dangerous
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