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consolatory

[ kuhn-sol-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. giving comfort; consoling.


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Other Words From

  • con·sola·tori·ly adverb
  • con·sola·tori·ness noun
  • uncon·sola·tory adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of consolatory1

1400–50; late Middle English < Latin consōlātōrius, equivalent to consōlā ( re ) ( console 1 ) + -tōrius -tory 1
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Example Sentences

And five days later, as Ohtani was paraded around his new home ballpark covered in blue and white, Balelo offered only consolatory remarks about his client’s old club.

But let’s suspend our disbelief — for now — and assume Kliavkoff stumbles over some consolatory wins.

“I know not what to say of your Letter,” he wrote, “but that it is one of the most consolatory I have ever received.”

That is the plan and the wish of this story, and it goes to the heart of fairy tales, which are, as Italo Calvino put it, “consolatory fables.”

The reactions from teammates and coaches to the true freshman quarterback were congratulatory, not consolatory.

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