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Definition of Cajolery
1. Noun. Flattery intended to persuade.
Generic synonyms: Flattery
Derivative terms: Blandish, Cajole, Palaver
Definition of Cajolery
1. n. A wheedling to delude; words used in cajoling; flattery.
Definition of Cajolery
1. Noun. cajolement ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Cajolery
1. persuasion by flattery [n -ERIES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Cajolery
Literary usage of Cajolery
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Paul the Pope, and Paul the Friar: A Story of and Interdict by Thomas Adolphus Trollope (1870)
"Sarpi remains—Anathema is tried, and fails—Prospects of Protestantism in
Italy—cajolery is tried against the Friar, and fails—Cardinal de Joyeuse again—The ..."
2. Curran and his contemporaries by Charles Phillips (1850)
"... he was not to be intimidated— qualities valuable in a country where cajolery
does much, and in a day when talent without courage could do nothing. ..."
3. Ethical Obligations of the Lawyer by Gleason Leonard Archer (1910)
"... beware lest he unconsciously be weakened in his client's cause. The "good
fellow" is nevertheless the enemy. WHEN THE ADVERSE PARTY ATTEMPTS cajolery ..."
4. A Compendium of Molesworth's Marathi and English Dictionary by James Thomas Molesworth, Baba Padmanji (1863)
"sA girl not yet acquainted with the feelings and symptoms proper to puberty.
coaxing, v. п. cajolery, Г; dat. of о. „. ..."
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