conciliatorilyadv.
/kənˈsɪlɪətərɪli/ In a conciliatory manner.
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society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adverb] > in appeasing or propitiatory manner
propitiatorilya1555
disarmingly1836
propitiatingly1856
placatingly1875
conciliatingly1880
conciliatorily1903
1903 Daily Chron. 23 June 7/1 ‘I gave a vote you don't approve yesterday,’ said his Royal Highness most conciliatorily.
1907 W. De Morgan Alice-for-Short xxiii ‘Very likely,’ said Peggy, conciliatorily, ‘but it doesn't the least matter.’
1936 A. Huxley Eyeless in Gaza v. 43 ‘Of course I know you dare,’ she said conciliatorily.
1967 B. Wright tr. R. Queneau Between Blue & Blue xviii. 199 ‘Just one more little drop..,’ said the Duke conciliatorily.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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