0 making or intended to make someone who is sad or disappointed feel better: --
It is consolatory, however, to know that in his last moments he was able to express contrition, and his sorrowing friends have hope in his death.
The second subject could be described as being a consolatory version of the first.
Orators in antiquity often delivered consolatory speeches to comfort mourners at funerals or in cases of public mourning.
In addition to payments for financial loss, consolatory payments may be considered in exceptional circumstances where an official error has adversely affected the life of the client.
I have a constituent whose life was put on hold for more than two years, during which he lost his driving licence, who was offered a consolatory payment of £250.
The special payments scheme was revised in 1997 to introduce consolatory payments for inconvenience and distress.
A new type of consolatory payment will be introduced.
The consolatory payment does not, however, preclude a request for more generous compensation for worry and distress.
