Relating to or expressing congratulations; of or resembling the act of congratulating someone.
Formed from 'congratulation' plus the suffix '-al' (relating to), creating an adjective form that appeared in English in the 18th century.
This is basically the adjective form of 'congratulation'—when you want to describe something as being about congratulations rather than just calling it congratulations itself.
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