"congratulational" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From congratulation + -al.",
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    {
      "form": "more congratulational",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
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    },
    {
      "form": "most congratulational",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941, Pennsylvania State University, School Activities, volumes 13–14, page 162",
          "text": "A while back on this page we made a congratulational note to the effect that we had never in any student council election campaign heard a single candidate “smear” his opponent, a practice that is common in adult political campaigns.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951, American Society for Testing Materials, “National Bureau of Standards and British Standards Institution Felicitated”, in Bulletin, page 37",
          "text": "On May 8, 1951, the Board of Directors adopted two resolutions which were congratulational messages to the National Bureau of Standards and the British Standards Institution on their 50th anniversary.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, William J. Casey, Herbert E. Meyer, Mark B. Liedl, Scouting the Future: The Public Speeches of William J. Casey, Regnery Gateway, page 13",
          "text": "On such occasions it customary for someone like me to say a few things informational, a few things inspirational, and perhaps a few things “congratulational.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 November 8, R. LEWIS, “Re: Is there an intellectual solution?”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet), message-ID <philipis-0811961425020001@user-168-121-18-128.dialup.mindspring.com>",
          "text": "Aside from the oh-what-a-good-boy-am-I self congratulational aspect of the statement, it is worth noting that this is being done at the age of 49, without a prior high school education and with an evaluation at the age of eleven that determined me to be borderline retarded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, The Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia, page 346",
          "text": "President Roh Moo-hyun, in his congratulational address on the National Independence Day, stressed upon the realization of a self-defense policy within 10 years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 May 27, Græme, “Re: Bafflingly OT: Minute's silence”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers (Usenet), message-ID <ca8c9fc57c5d006c43f8b0646f62ec71@news.teranews.com>",
          "text": "Applause is a bit too congratulational if you ask me... Like saying.. \"well done!! you died!!!\"... The other alternative would be to announce over the PA system and display a message of condolence...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
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        "Relating to congratulation."
      ],
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          "congratulation",
          "congratulation"
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "congratulationary"
        },
        {
          "word": "congratulatory"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "congratulational"
}

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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From congratulation + -al.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "more congratulational",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "most congratulational",
      "tags": [
        "superlative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "congratulational (comparative more congratulational, superlative most congratulational)",
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941, Pennsylvania State University, School Activities, volumes 13–14, page 162",
          "text": "A while back on this page we made a congratulational note to the effect that we had never in any student council election campaign heard a single candidate “smear” his opponent, a practice that is common in adult political campaigns.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1951, American Society for Testing Materials, “National Bureau of Standards and British Standards Institution Felicitated”, in Bulletin, page 37",
          "text": "On May 8, 1951, the Board of Directors adopted two resolutions which were congratulational messages to the National Bureau of Standards and the British Standards Institution on their 50th anniversary.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1989, William J. Casey, Herbert E. Meyer, Mark B. Liedl, Scouting the Future: The Public Speeches of William J. Casey, Regnery Gateway, page 13",
          "text": "On such occasions it customary for someone like me to say a few things informational, a few things inspirational, and perhaps a few things “congratulational.”",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1996 November 8, R. LEWIS, “Re: Is there an intellectual solution?”, in alt.recovery.aa (Usenet), message-ID <philipis-0811961425020001@user-168-121-18-128.dialup.mindspring.com>",
          "text": "Aside from the oh-what-a-good-boy-am-I self congratulational aspect of the statement, it is worth noting that this is being done at the age of 49, without a prior high school education and with an evaluation at the age of eleven that determined me to be borderline retarded.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2003, The Strategic Balance in Northeast Asia, page 346",
          "text": "President Roh Moo-hyun, in his congratulational address on the National Independence Day, stressed upon the realization of a self-defense policy within 10 years.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004 May 27, Græme, “Re: Bafflingly OT: Minute's silence”, in uk.sport.football.clubs.rangers (Usenet), message-ID <ca8c9fc57c5d006c43f8b0646f62ec71@news.teranews.com>",
          "text": "Applause is a bit too congratulational if you ask me... Like saying.. \"well done!! you died!!!\"... The other alternative would be to announce over the PA system and display a message of condolence...",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Relating to congratulation."
      ],
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      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "congratulationary"
        },
        {
          "word": "congratulatory"
        }
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  "word": "congratulational"
}