Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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oratory | Yes | No | No | No |
valedictory | Yes | Yes | No | No |
oratory (noun) | valedictory (noun) |
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addressing an audience formally (usually a long and rhetorical address and often pompous) | a farewell oration (especially one delivered during graduation exercises by an outstanding member of a graduating class) |
oratory (adjective) | valedictory (adjective) |
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of or relating to an occasion or expression of farewell | |
of a speech expressing leave-taking |