conciliatorycon‧cil‧i‧a‧tory /kənˈsɪliətəri $ -tɔːri/ adjective 
Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. Brooks felt in no mood to be conciliatory.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- American intelligence flights over Cuba had been stopped as a conciliatory gesture.
- The tone of my letter had been friendly and conciliatory, so I was disappointed by the cold reply I received.
- As a conciliatory gesture, the restaurant was built like a large shack, so as not to be too obtrusive.
- But why did he always seek the conciliatory path?
- It could not otherwise have achieved its conciliatory aim.
- Republicans, in a conciliatory gesture, agreed to let the Democrats chair committees during the period.
- She used her conciliatory skills to get along with her remote grandfather, who provided so little company for her grandmother.
- The extension of the informal conciliatory system will not satisfy the demand for an investigative system.
Longman Language Activatorto stop arguing
also make it up British especially spoken if two people who know each other well make up or make it up , they stop arguing and start being friendly to each other again: · I'm glad to see you two have made up.make up with: · Have you made it up with your sister yet?
if two people or organizations patch up or settle their differences , they stop arguing and discuss things in a sensible way until they come to an agreement: · Their final attempt to settle their differences ended in disappointment and separation.patch up your differences/settle your differences with: · Gary's first priority on his return home was to patch up his differences with his sister.
to agree to stop arguing and forgive each other, especially a long time after you first had the argument: · It's about time they buried the hatchet after all these years.· Since those two buried the hatchet, life in the office has been much quieter.
to talk calmly and seriously with someone about what you have been arguing about, in order to end the disagreement and feel better: · I think it's about time you called her to clear the air.· In an attempt to clear the air, Mills has planned a meeting with employees to discuss the issue.
behaving in a way that shows that you want to end an argument with someone: · The tone of my letter had been friendly and conciliatory, so I was disappointed by the cold reply I received.conciliatory gesture/message/tone etc: · American intelligence flights over Cuba had been stopped as a conciliatory gesture.
when two people, countries etc agree to stop arguing or fighting after a long period of disagreement, and have a friendly relationship again: · After years of fighting, there was now a spirit of national reconciliation in South Africa.reconciliation with: · Giles is not interested in a reconciliation with his father.reconciliation between: · A large group of demonstrators stayed up all night praying for reconciliation between the two countries.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
doing something that is intended to make someone stop arguing with youconciliatory approach/tone/gesture etc Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. (=something you do to stop someone from arguing with you)· The government made several conciliatory gestures to the protestors.
(=showing that you do not want to be involved in an argument with someone)· She used a more conciliatory tone.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADVERB· By mid 1972 Soviet spokesmen adopted a more conciliatory tone.· Such contact, the first for five years, could mark a more conciliatory approach by the isolated rulers.· Other lenders will be more conciliatory, offering to match any loan from a rival.· The letter was far more conciliatory than that which had been rejected in 1921.· After losing the battle for Kabul, Hekmatyar adopted a more conciliatory attitude towards the Peshawar peace plan.
NOUN· Such contact, the first for five years, could mark a more conciliatory approach by the isolated rulers.· The government appears to be taking a conciliatory approach to the indigenous unrest.· And if a conciliatory approach fails to work, the job must still be done.· Clinton was praised on all sides for his warm manner and conciliatory approach.
· But even that conciliatory gesture never really convinced me that Don Bradman's signature could make up for that of Jack Hobbs.· A conciliatory gesture, some argued, would appease the cardinal and Holy Trinity would live to fight another day.· As a conciliatory gesture, the restaurant was built like a large shack, so as not to be too obtrusive.· Republicans, in a conciliatory gesture, agreed to let the Democrats chair committees during the period.· Pressure on the Shiite community was to continue, despite well-publicized conciliatory gestures.· In 1955, the year of the Geneva summit conference, there were conciliatory gestures towards nuclear disarmament on both sides.· But the conciliatory gesture itself was significant after the partisan exchanges this summer over policy on asylum and crime.
· By mid 1972 Soviet spokesmen adopted a more conciliatory tone.· I said in a conciliatory tone.· A conciliatory tone should he adopted for a letter of adjustment.
Perhaps you should adopt a more conciliatory approach. Brooks felt in no mood to be conciliatory.