conciliatory en · ADJ
Pronunciation
- /kənˈsɪl.i.əˌtɔɹ.i/ (US)
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Meanings
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Willing to conciliate, or to make concessions.
Shaken by the biggest challenge to their authority in years, Brazil’s leaders made conciliatory gestures on Tuesday to try to defuse the protests engulfing the nation’s cities.
2013 June 18, Simon Romero, “Protests Widen as Brazilians Chide Leaders”, in New York Times, retrieved 21 Jun 2013:Lady Anne checked herself, for she heard a carriage stop at the door, and her daughters enter the house; and she had not made up her mind as to the turn she should give to their conciliatory visit.
1838 (date written), L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XVII, in Lady Anne Granard; or, Keeping up Appearances. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn, […], published 1842, →OCLC, page 218:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most conciliatory | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more conciliatory | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |
Antonyms
Deriveds
nonconciliatory · conciliatoriness · conciliatorily
Translations (35)
pt conciliatório (willing to conciliate) · uk примирливий (willing to conciliate) · fr conciliatoire (willing to conciliate) · el συμβιβαστικός (willing to conciliate) · be заспакойваючы (willing to conciliate) · uk заспокійливий (willing to conciliate) · fr accommodant (willing to conciliate) · cs smířlivý (willing to conciliate) · tr gönül alıcı (willing to conciliate) · es conciliatorio (willing to conciliate) · ru примири́тельный (willing to conciliate) · ru умиротворя́ющий (willing to conciliate) · no forsonlig (willing to conciliate) · mk по́мирлив (willing to conciliate) · tr uzlaştırıcı (willing to conciliate) · bg помирителен (willing to conciliate) · it conciliatorio (willing to conciliate) · pl ugodowy (willing to conciliate) · bg умиротворяващ (willing to conciliate) · cmn 和解 (willing to conciliate) · cmn 安撫的 /安抚的 (willing to conciliate) · uk погоджувальний (willing to conciliate) · mk помиру́вачки (willing to conciliate) · fi sovittelunhaluinen (willing to conciliate) · tr barıştırıcı (willing to conciliate) · el συμφιλιωτικός (willing to conciliate) · cmn 懷柔的 /怀柔的 (willing to conciliate) · pl pojednawczy (willing to conciliate) · be прымірыцельны (willing to conciliate) · ca conciliatori (willing to conciliate) · it conciliante (willing to conciliate) · fi sovitteleva (willing to conciliate) · be змірэнчы (willing to conciliate) · de versöhnlich (willing to conciliate) · el διαλλακτικός (willing to conciliate)