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palliatory

palliatory adjective: palliative, soothing.

Adjective

palliatory (comparative more palliatory, superlative most palliatory)

  1. (archaic) palliative, soothing
  2. (archaic) extenuating

Forms of palliatory

comparativemore palliatory
superlativemost palliatory

Origin of palliatory

From palliate + -ory?

Questions about palliatory

What does palliatory mean?
Palliatory means palliative, soothing.
What part of speech is palliatory?
Palliatory is an adjective.

Words near palliatory in the dictionary

  1. palliatives
  2. palliativist
  3. palliativists
  4. palliator
  5. palliators
  6. palliatory
  7. pallid
  8. pallid bat
  9. pallid bats
  10. pallid cuckoo
  11. pallid cuckoos

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