parley
noun
a discussion or conference.
is parleying
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present progressiveof parley (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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The administration speaks with pride of its forbearing, that is, parleying, policy.
From Diary from March 4, 1861, to November 12, 1862 by Adam G. de Gurowski, Count
While this person is parleying with the chief of the servants, Lord Holchester, passing from one room to another, happens to cross the inner end of the hall.
From Man and Wife by Wilkie Collins
A threatening attorney shakes his fist at the villakin where at the window the wit is parleying with him.
From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 01, No. 01, November, 1857 A Magazine of Literature, Art, and Politics by Various
