conciliatory
adjective
tending to conciliate.
conciliatorily
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a word derived from
conciliatory.
Example Sentences
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Wisely or foolishly, punitively or conciliatorily, arrogantly or sensitively?
From Time Magazine Archive
The newcomer moved down the room with a subdued rustling of skirts, resolving at last into a neat and appealing feminine presence that smiled confidently and yet conciliatorily and offered a hand towards Selby.
From Those Who Smiled And Eleven Other Stories by Perceval Gibbon
“If there were any message now, miss, I might make so bold as to take it,” he added conciliatorily.
From The Red Derelict by Bertram Mitford
"My pardner's only envious because he hain't no paper collars nor fine clothes," said Si, conciliatorily.
From Si Klegg, Book 6 (of 6) Si And Shorty, With Their Boy Recruits, Enter On The Atlanta Campaign by John McElroy
"When do you expect to see your two old interesting twins again?" said she conciliatorily.
From When Ghost Meets Ghost by William Frend De Morgan
