recommendatory

adjective

rec·​om·​mend·​a·​to·​ry ˌre-kə-ˈmen-də-ˌtȯr-ē 

1

: serving to commend or to attract favorable attention

a recommendatory letter

recommendatory features

2

: made or being in the form of a recommendation : advisory

recommendatory legislation

Word History

Etymology

Medieval Latin recommendatus + English -ory

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Rhymes for recommendatory

• adjudicatory
• anticipatory
• articulatory
• classificatory
• conciliatory
• congratulatory
• discriminatory
• ejaculatory
• emancipatory
• hallucinatory
• interlaboratory
• interrogatory