Conciliatory
[kən'sɪlɪətərɪ] or [kən'sɪlɪətɔri]
Definition
(adj.) intended to placate; 'spoke in a conciliating tone'; 'a conciliatory visit' .
Editor: Sharon--From WordNet
Definition
(a.) Tending to conciliate; pacific; mollifying; propitiating.
Typed by Frank
Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Reconciling, pacifying, pacific.[2]. Winning, persuasive.
Checker: Wyatt
Examples
- I hope, Bounderby,' said Mr. Gradgrind, in a conciliatory voice, 'that this was merely an oversight. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- My friend,' said the thin gentleman, with a conciliatory hem--'have you got many people stopping here now? Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
- It seemed wonderful how he could turn from such a man without a conciliatory or a sympathizing expression. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Raymond replied; but there was nothing conciliatory in his reply. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
- Certainly, certainly, said Marks, with a conciliatory tone; it's only a retaining fee, you see,--he! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- He was so extremely conciliatory in his manner that he seemed to apologize to the very newspaper for taking the liberty of reading it. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
- Why this, returns George, not able to be very conciliatory at first, is Matthew Bagnet, who has obliged me in that matter of ours, you know. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
- But Gudrun was conciliatory. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
- My sister catching him in the act, he drew the back of his hand across his nose with his usual conciliatory air on such occasions, and looked at her. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The tone was neither aggressive nor conciliatory: it revealed nothing of the speaker's errand. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
Checker: Wyatt