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Grammar : Noun |
Spell : pahr-lee |
Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɑr li |
Definition of parley
Origin :- "conference, speech," especially with an enemy, mid-15c., from Middle French parlée, from fem. past participle of Old French parler "to speak" (11c.), from Vulgar Latin *paraulare, from Late Latin parabolare "to speak (in parables)," from parabola "speech, discourse," from Latin parabola "comparison" (see parable).
- noun negotiation
- To begin with, Mrs Merdle is the lady you had the parley with at what's-his-name place.'
- Extract from : « Little Dorrit » by Charles Dickens
- Each door and barrier, too, was guarded by soldiers, with whom the brothers had to parley.
- Extract from : « The Three Cities Trilogy, Complete » by Emile Zola
- Do you two get on as fast as you can and leave us to the parley.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- Don't you be listening to a woman's parley, for it's all nonsense.
- Extract from : « The House Under the Sea » by Sir Max Pemberton
- The servant, after some parley, led him through the house and out at the back door.
- Extract from : « England, Picturesque and Descriptive » by Joel Cook
- There can be no parley, no compromise with the evil thing for which Germany fights.
- Extract from : « England and Germany » by Emile Joseph Dillon
- I may want to parley, and any other messenger from Ruiz, the outlaw, would have his throat cut.'
- Extract from : « A Set of Six » by Joseph Conrad
- The Prince let her go and half turned to meet him, but Camille was not inclined to parley.
- Extract from : « Olive in Italy » by Moray Dalton
- Cambronne wished to parley with them, but they would not listen to him.
- Extract from : « Memoirs of the Private Life, Return, and Reign of Napoleon in 1815, Vol. I » by Fleury de Chaboulon.
- "He was parley vooing with Casimer and bothering him," said Hatch.
- Extract from : « Frank Merriwell's Pursuit » by Burt L. Standish
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