Reconciliatorily

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that promotes peace and resolves differences among conflicting parties
2. By engaging in actions that facilitate agreement and restore goodwill between adversarial groups
3. Done with the purpose of healing conflicts and restoring harmony between opposing sides

Etymology: "Reconciliatorily" is a plain formation: the adjective "reconciliatory" with the adverbial suffix "-ly" added to the end. The adjective "reconciliatory" is itself built on the verb "reconcile," which came into English from Latin "reconciliare," meaning to bring back together or restore a friendship. The adverb simply tells you the action is done in that restoring spirit. The suffix has a long pedigree. "-ly" descends from Old English "-līċe," which was attached to adjectives to form adverbs, and it has been doing this job in English for more than a thousand years. Its ancestor goes back through Proto-Germanic "-līkō" to a root meaning "body" or "form," so that "reconciliatorily" literally describes doing something in the shape or manner of a reconciling person.