Synonyms for valedictory

Grammar : Adj

Spell : val-i-dik-tuh-ree

Phonetic Transcription : ˌvæl ɪˈdɪk tə ri

Définition of valedictory

Origin : 1650s, from Latin valedictum (past participle of valedicere; see valediction) + -ory. Valedictory address is recorded from 1779.

adj farewell

Example sentences :

She, herself, confessed it in the valedictory words she addressed to me.
Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini

"My beliefs can matter nothing," he compromised, and made her a valedictory bow.
Extract from : « The Lion's Skin » by Rafael Sabatini

And might not her letter, when it did come, be a valedictory?
Extract from : « The Lure of the Mask » by Harold MacGrath

But there his common sense left him and he made a valedictory speech.
Extract from : « The Opal Serpent » by Fergus Hume

It was her wish that Miss Morton should be chosen to deliver the valedictory.
Extract from : « Madge Morton's Victory » by Amy D.V. Chalmers

A valedictory is a public farewell to a company or assembly.
Extract from : « English Synonyms and Antonyms » by James Champlin Fernald

He was graduated in 1828, on which occasion he delivered the valedictory oration.
Extract from : « The History of Dartmouth College » by Baxter Perry Smith

Her essay and valedictory, "Character-building," is a worthy production.
Extract from : « American Missionary - Volume 50, No. 9, September, 1896 » by Various

Parmenters class was to graduate, and Parmenter himself was to have the valedictory.
Extract from : « Whispering Tongues » by Homer Greene

I forgot commencement-day, and the glory of the valedictory.
Extract from : « Harper's New Monthly Magazine, No. XXVII, August 1852, Vol. V » by Various

Antonyms for valedictory

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