different between complimentary vs panegyrically

English

compliment +? -ary

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?k?mpl???m?nt(?)?i/
(General American) enPR: k?m'pl?-m?n?t?-r?, -tr?, IPA^(key): /?k?mpl???m?nt(?)?i/
Homophone: complementary
Rhymes: -?nt??i, -?nt?i
Hyphenation: com?pli?men?ta?ry

complimentary (comparative more complimentary, superlative most complimentary)

In the nature of a compliment.
Antonym: uncomplimentary
- 1877, August 25, Mark Twain, The Letters of Mark Twain, (Vol. 3, 2004, p. 56)
  But yesterday evening late, when Lewis arrived from down town he found his supper spread, and some presents of books there, with very complimentary writings on the fly-leaves, and certain very complimentary letters, and more or less greenbacks of dignified denomination pinned to those letters and fly-leaves...
Free; provided at no charge.
Synonyms: free of charge; see also Thesaurus:gratis
- 2005, Vivien Lougheed, Belize Pocket Adventures, p. 65.
  In the evenings, Ward and PJ offer guests a complimentary drink. This gesture seems to reinforce the hosts' desire to make everyone feel welcome.
With respect to the closing of a letter, formal and professional.
- 2003, Richard H. Beatty, The Perfect Cover Letter
  The complimentary closing is the word grouping used to bring the message or text to a close.

Complimentary and complementary are frequently confused and misused in place of one another.

From panegyrical +? -ly.

panegyrically (comparative more panegyrically, superlative most panegyrically)

In a very eloquent and eulogistic manner; with lavish praise, in a very complimentary way.
- 1813 January, Ralph Griffiths, George Edward Griffiths, The Monthly Review:
  There are turns of style, by means of which any qualities can be described panegyrically.
- 1991, Stephen Lessing Baehr, The Paradise Myth in Eighteenth-Century Russia: Utopian Patterns in Early Secular Russian Literature and Culture:
  History, which Lomonosov called "the art by which Greek and Roman writers gave glory to their heroes," often functioned teleologically or panegyrically and gave many mid-century Russians an opportunity to proclaim the "glory" of their empire.

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