Definitions for consolatory

consolatory con·sol·a·to·ry

Spelling: [kuh n-sol-uh-tawr-ee, -tohr-ee]
IPA: /kənˈsɒl əˌtɔr i, -ˌtoʊr i/

Consolatory is a 11 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 18 points.

You can make 747 anagrams from letters in consolatory (aclnooorsty).

Definitions for consolatory

adjective

  1. giving comfort; consoling.

Origin of consolatory

1400-50; late Middle English Latin consōlātōrius, equivalent to consōlā(re) (see console1) + -tōrius -tory1

Examples for consolatory

It should be an inspiring and consolatory thought to Mr. Kellett Chalmers.

In this way the dinner-party at the palace was in a degree comforting and consolatory.

It was the finest and most consolatory he ever wrote me on that subject.

The remainder of this consolatory suggestion was cut off by the shutting of the door.

I am sorry to say that I have no "consolatory view" on the dignity of man.

That is the sort of remark which relatives sometimes regard as consolatory.

I interrupted her with consolatory phrases of the ordinary kind.

And with this consolatory reflection he left me to dress for dinner.

There was, however, the consolatory hope of seeing all the following year.

Is that consolatory view of the matter the outcome of philosophy, or of virtue?

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