Parleying
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech verb
Quick meaning: Parleying is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of parley.
Meaning
present participle and gerund of parley.
More Meanings
- The act of one who parleys.
Example Sentences
He and Colonel Rotton, who was also Chairman for a period, could generally make the lads on arrival understand them without much parleying.
Those things […] about which he was wont to have long parleyings and disputings with his own conscience — employing carnal reason to invent arguments and pleas of excuse — he now sticks at no longer […]
Word Forms
- parleyings
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include parley-voo, enterparlance, parrying, parley-vous, parading, parole.
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