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cajolery|kəˈdʒəʊlərɪ| Also 7 cajollery, 8 cajolry. [a. F. cajolerie, 16th c., in same sense, f. cajoler to cajole.] The action or practice of cajoling; persuasion by false arts.
1649Evelyn Liberty & Serv. iv. (R.) Those infamous cajolleries. 1698Sidney Disc. Govt. iii. §45 (1704) 415 Others prefer'd the cajolerys of the Court before the honor of performing their duty to the Country. 1835Lytton Rienzi ii. iii. 111 Is he familiar with the people?—it is cajolery! Is he distant?—it is pride! 1868E. Edwards Ralegh I. xxv. 650 He had mingled the usual cajoleries with more than the usual slightly-veiled threats. |