Both Uses of
conciliatory
in
Anna Karenina
- as Vronsky described how the government clerk, after subsiding for a while, would suddenly flare up again, as he recalled the details, and how Vronsky, at the last half word of conciliation, skillfully maneuvered a retreat, shoving Petritsky out before him.
Part 2 *conciliation = actions intended to end bad feelings or build trust
- These were Sergey Ivanovitch, Katavasov, a university friend, now professor of natural science, whom Levin had met in the street and insisted on taking home with him, and Tchirikov, his best man, a Moscow conciliation-board judge, Levin's companion in his bear-hunts.†
Part 5
Definition:
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(conciliatory) intended to end bad feelings or build trust