ugodowy

Ugodowy is a Polish adjective used to describe something oriented toward agreement, compromise, or amicable settlement. It characterizes terms, approaches, or outcomes that aim to satisfy all parties and avoid conflict. In legal and diplomatic language, ugodowy refers to processes or decisions made by mutual consent rather than coercion, such as an amicable settlement arising from negotiations. The adverb form is ugodowo, used to describe actions performed in an amicable manner.

Etymology: The word comes from the noun ugoda, meaning an agreement or settlement, with the adjectival suffix -owy that forms adjectives indicating relation to or characterized by the root. The sense parallels similar forms in other Slavic languages.

Usage notes: Ugodowy can describe negotiations, procedures, or resolutions that lean toward compromise. In everyday speech it may characterize a person’s approach as conciliatory or peaceable, rather than confrontational. It is not common to apply ugodowy to forceful or strictly coercive outcomes; for those, different terms would be used. In legal contexts, you might encounter phrases like ugodowa ugoda (amicable settlement) or rozstrzygnięcie ugodowe (amicable resolution).

See also: ugoda, mediacja, koncyliacja, negocjacje.