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• s  expressive of sympathetic pleasure or joy on account of someone's success or good fortune
  a congratulatory telegram
  the usual congratulatory crowd was conspicuously absent

• gratulatory

News & Articles

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• NBA Rushes Twitter to Congratulate Jason Kidd on Nets Gig, For the Most Part
  Just a couple of weeks removed from the announcement that his decorated NBA playing career was at an end, we learned on June 12 that Jason Kidd will be the next head coach of the Brooklyn Nets . And while it's best to let that kind of bombshell sink in before reacting, that's really not what Twitter's for. Behold: the immediate, often congratulatory but also sometimes snarky blowback in the ...
  June 13, 2013 - Bleacher Report
• Bill Clinton Wins Father Of The Year Award, Gets Congratulatory Text From Hillary
  Bill Clinton has been named Father of the Year award, and for the honor got a pat on the back from his wife Hillary. The former president received the honor at a Save the Children benefit held Tuesday by the National Father’s Day Committee. He joins past Father of the Year honorees, including Al Gore, [...] Bill Clinton Wins Father Of The Year Award, Gets Congratulatory Text From Hillary is a ...
  June 12, 2013 - The Inquisitr
• Johnson Academy OKs deal with Trine
  Congratulatory handshakes and hugs were passed around among officials and supporters of Timothy L. Johnson Academy on Monday after the charter school secured a three-year contract with its new authorizer.
  June 11, 2013 - Fort Wayne Journal Gazette

Quotes

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• Ayatollah Ali Khamenei in International Herald Tribune
  Noting Obama's New Year greeting, Khamenei said: "In the same congratulatory message they accuse the Iranian nation of supporting terrorism, pursuing nuclear arms and such things ...... what has changed?"
• Joe Girardi in Forbes
  He was very congratulatory,Girardi said. "He said: `It's great to have you aboard.'"
• Koichi Kato in Washington Post
  It could be a congratulatory price for its debut,Kato said of Monday's auction in Ishikawa. "Tokyo's largest fruit market is very competitive."