Definition of "cajolery" [ca•jol•er•y]

• Cajolement (noun)

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• "'Or the mixture of the two, called cajolery,' said Mr. Austin; 'and that was the principal art of the Whigs.'"
• "To every kind of cajolery and social recommendation he presents an adamantine front, and his success has been due in a great measure to his wise choice of instruments."
• "And whether these “problems” are approached with blunt, bullying talk or a degree of cajolery and pious rhetoric, the chosen stance is always backed up with the ever-present threat of military action, up to and including the last of those “options” that always decorate the table: utter annihilation."