1. (a.) Serving to commend; containing praise or commendation; commending; praising.

2. (a.) Holding a benefice in commendam; as, a commendatory bishop.

3. (n.) A commendation; eulogy.

acclamatory accurate acknowledging admiring alive to appreciative of apprised of approbatory awake to aware of behind the curtain behind the scenes beholden cognizant of commendatory complimentary conscious of crediting critical delicate differential discriminate discriminating discriminative distinctive distinguishing encomiastic eulogistic exact fastidious fine flattering grateful hep to in the know in the secret indebted to informed of laudatory let into mindful of much obliged nice no stranger to obliged on to panegyric precise privy to refined regardful respectful seized of selective sensible sensible of sensible to sensitive streetwise subtle tactful thankful undeceived under obligation wise to