All 3 Uses of
valedictory
in
A Prayer for Owen Meany
- JUST TELL THE FACULTY AND THE HEADMASTER THAT THE VOICE IS BUSY—REVISING HIS VALEDICTORY!†
p. 387.6
- He couldn't have imagined what a travesty Owen Meany's absence would make of the commencement exercises that year—how such a timid, rather plain, and much-ignored student, who was the replacement valedictorian of our class, would find the courage to offer as a valedictory only these words: "I am not the head of this class.†
p. 415.1
- He was looking out over the hundreds of empty seats—he appeared to be a little blinded by the pickup truck's headlights, but he needed the light in order to see his valedictory speech, which he was reading.†
p. 494.3 *
Definitions:
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(1)
(valedictory) relating to a farewell -- especially a speech at graduation exercises
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) meaning too rare to warrant focus