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Vinony

cajolery

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /kəˈd͡ʒoʊ.lə.ɹi/

noun

Etymology: From French cajolerie, equivalent to cajole + -ery.

  1. The act or practice of cajoling; cajolement.

    “[…] by cajolery and innuendo she had persuaded him to go to the picture palace to be cheered up, and as it was now on the turn of eleven he might be expected back at any moment.”

    “These women are experts at flattery, cajolery and sexual excitation, and also possess unusual talents for stirring up quarrels, stimulating jealousies and spreading slander and malicious rumors.”