All 5 Uses of
conciliatory
in
The Mill on the Floss
- And Maggie had forgotten even her hunger at that moment in the desire to conciliate gypsy opinion.
Chpt 1.11 *conciliate = attempt to end bad feelings or build trust
- …and secrete it in various corners, baffling to the most ingenious of thieves (for, to Mrs. Glegg's mind, banks and strong-boxes would have nullified the pleasure of property; she might as well have taken her food in capsules); finally, to be looked up to by her own family and the neighborhood, so as no woman can ever hope to be who has not the praeterite and present dignity comprised in being a "widow well left,"—all this made a flattering and conciliatory view of the future.†
Chpt 1.12
- Philip felt some bitter complacency in the promising stupidity of this well-made, active-looking boy; but made polite by his own extreme sensitiveness, as well as by his desire to conciliate, he checked his inclination to laugh, and said quietly,— "I've done with the grammar; I don't learn that any more."†
Chpt 2.3
- You may imagine that Tom's more and more obvious unlikeness to his father was well fitted to conciliate the maternal aunts and uncles; and Mr. Deane's favorable reports and predictions to Mr. Glegg concerning Tom's qualifications for business began to be discussed amongst them with various acceptance.†
Chpt 5.2
- There was a little tremor in Tom's voice as he uttered the last words, and Maggie's ready affection came back with as sudden a glow as when they were children, and bit their cake together as a sacrament of conciliation.†
Chpt 6.4
Definition:
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(conciliatory) intended to end bad feelings or build trust