What does parleying mean?
Parleying means present participle and gerund of parley.
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Pronunciation varies by accent · verb
present participle and gerund of parley.
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 […]
He and Colonel Rotton, who was also Chairman for a period, could generally make the lads on arrival understand them without much parleying.
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Parleying means present participle and gerund of parley.
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The opposite depends on the specific sense.
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 […]
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