reconcilable
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- nonreconcilability noun
- nonreconcilable adjective
- nonreconcilableness noun
- nonreconcilably adverb
- reconcilability noun
- reconcilableness noun
- reconcilably adverb
- unreconcilable adjective
- unreconcilableness noun
- unreconcilably adverb
Etymology
Origin of reconcilable
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
But post pandemic and post energy crisis, the priorities of three years ago may not be fully reconcilable with the immediate tough decisions now required.
From BBC • Oct. 25, 2022
Again, these characters are not people I analyze; they’re pieces of verbal artifice I invent, and whose almost limitless complications I try—again, using words—to make reconcilable.
From The New Yorker • Jul. 30, 2018
If the issue isn’t reconcilable, or if talking to your colleague directly didn’t work, tap the chain of command—but be sure to have a solution in mind.
From Time • Jun. 20, 2017
What Boston demonstrated was that the twin dreams of making Olympics hosting more egalitarian and more affordable may ultimately not be reconcilable.
From New York Times • Jul. 30, 2016
Surely such extremes are not reconcilable with common sense!
From The Barb and the Bridle A Handbook of Equitation for Ladies, and Manual of Instruction in the Science of Riding, from the Preparatory Suppling Exercises by Moustache, Vielle
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
