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adj. Expressing approval

adj. Sanctioning officially, giving authorization or approval to something.

n. A word or grammatical form which denotes a positive affect expressing the appreciation or approval of the speaker.

adj. Approving, or implying approbation.

Approving; expressing, implying, or of the nature of approbation.

adj. expressing or manifesting praise or approval

"This time I smiled in good earnest at his fantastic fashion of self-introduction, observing which the blue gentleman swayed me backwards and forwards several times with his right hand, and I felt that if I had been an oak of the forest he would have swayed me just as easily, while he said with a kind of approbative chuckle: 'That's right -- a very good lad; that's right -- a very smart lad.'"

favourable    favorable   

pejorative    laudative   

approbate    approbation    approbatory   

approbatory