irenical en · ADJ
Etymology
From irenic + -al (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘of or pertaining to’).
Meanings
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Synonym of irenic (“promoting or fitted to promote peace, especially over disputes; conciliatory, non-confrontational, peaceful”).
[Andrew Marvell's] irenical moral is the interdependence, if insurmountable quarrelsomeness, of both elements in man's divided nature, rather as in a stormy marriage.
2003, Roy Porter, Flesh in the Age of Reason, Penguin Books, published 2004, page 40:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| most irenical | Degree=Sup | lexicographic | |
| more irenical | Degree=Cmp | lexicographic |