Both Uses of
conciliatory
in
Sense and Sensibility
- This remark was not calculated to make Edward or Elinor more easy, nor to conciliate the good will of Lucy,
Chpt 35 *conciliate = lessen bad feelings and build trust
- But this conciliation was not granted; for though she often threw out expressions of pity for her sister to Elinor, and more than once dropt a reflection on the inconstancy of beaux before Marianne, no effect was produced, but a look of indifference from the former, or of disgust in the latter.†
Chpt 36
Definition:
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(conciliatory) intended to end bad feelings or build trust