a. [f. APPRECIATOR: See -ORY.] Of or befitting an appreciator; appreciative.
1819. W. Taylor, in Month. Rev., LXXXIX. 36. That appretiatory criticism which scrupulously weighs the evidence adduced.
1861. Geo. Eliot, Silas M., 68. Mr. Macey … paused, in the expectation of some appreciatory reply.
