complimenting
adjective C2- complimentary; in the nature of a compliment.
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“No doubt you think that you are complimenting me in comparing me to Dupin,” he observed.
“Nearly ten weeks ago—to be more accurate, on the 23rd of May—he called me into his private room, and, after complimenting me on the good work which I had done, he informed me that he had a new commission of trust for me to execute.
Collins, who was complimenting Mr.
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