conciliatory
[kuh n-sil-ee-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
- tending to conciliate: a conciliatory manner; conciliatory comments.
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Also con·cil·i·a·tive [kuh n-sil-ee-ey-tiv, -uh-tiv, -sil-yuh-] /kənˈsɪl iˌeɪ tɪv, -ə tɪv, -ˈsɪl yə-/.
Origin of conciliatory
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calm, civil, disarming, pacific, peaceable, quiet, willing, irenic, appeasing, placating, placatoryExamples from the Web for conciliatory
Contemporary Examples
Barack Obama, running as a conciliatory pragmatist in 2008, did even better with some 50 percent.
Their relationships with each other range from conciliatory to borderline antagonistic.
Zawahiri was conciliatory but stern, commanding ISIS to leave Syria and go back to Iraq, where the group was founded.
Vastly outnumbered by halfwits and fellow travellers, I reached for the most conciliatory point available.
I think there is no interest in finding a central and conciliatory way forward.
Historical Examples
The phrasing was unfortunate, though its conciliatory intention was obvious.
Cleo The MagnificentLouis Zangwill
I congratulate you on the conciliatory spirit that's been displayed.
Strife (First Series Plays)John Galsworthy
But he first procures himself a hearing by conciliatory words.
ApologyPlato
He was now as bitter of speech as he had formerly been conciliatory.
The Shadow of a CrimeHall Caine
The conciliatory words he had in mind to speak he now suppressed.
The Sea-HawkRaphael Sabatini
conciliatory
conciliative (kənˈsɪljətɪv)
- intended to placate or reconcile
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Word Origin and History for conciliatory
adj.
1570s, from conciliate + -ory. Related: Conciliator.
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