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US
/ˈpɑɹɫi/
]
[ UK /pˈɑːli/ ]
[ UK /pˈɑːli/ ]
NOUN
- a negotiation between enemies
VERB
- discuss, as between enemies
How To Use parley In A Sentence
- They parleyed and left us with an imperfect independence.
- When Abraham won the war, there ensued a brief parley between himself and the king of Sodom.
- Most of the foreign soldiers followed their order to charge if the parley was attacked.
- The order of gentlemanly parleying and brokery has, therefore, with many apprehensions of calamity, been reluctantly and tardily giving ground before something that is of a visibly underbred order. An Inquiry Into The Nature Of Peace And The Terms Of Its Perpetuation
- And without further parley, followed by his soldiers, he retired into the casemate, leaving Captain Servadac gnawing his mustache with mingled rage and mortification. Off on a Comet
- If one side tried to parley with the other, it would surely be crushed.
- For example, the Saturday assistant in a local electrical outlet isn't a good person to parley with.
- Discussions, secret parleys and meetings, at various places, marked the last few days.
- In addition to the postponement of the family reunions, North Korea also said it wants Mt. Kumgang to serve as the venue for a series of scheduled inter-Korean talks, including the ministerial parley.
- Well, its been nice to stop and parleyvoo a second. Chapter 3