All 7 Uses of
conciliatory
in
Little Dorrit
- John Baptist said in his own language, and with the quick conciliatory manner of his own countrymen.†
Chpt 1.1
- He was sorry that his noble mind should take offence; still, he felt the fact to be not incompatible with its nobility, and sought to propitiate and conciliate that gallant soul.†
Chpt 1.18
- 'If John Barnacle,' said Mrs Gowan, after the degeneracy of the times had been fully ascertained, 'if John Barnacle had but abandoned his most unfortunate idea of conciliating the mob, all would have been well, and I think the country would have been preserved.'†
Chpt 1.26
- If they had known about us, you might have felt yourself called upon to conciliate them.†
Chpt 2.3
- Notwithstanding which, I feel a little—I don't want to use a strong word—now shall I say hurt?' asked Mr Meagles at once with frankness and moderation, and with a conciliatory appeal in his tone.†
Chpt 2.8
- Without any conciliation of him, scarcely addressing him, rather speaking as if she were speaking to her own looking-glass for the justification of her own stubbornness, she said, as she gave them to him: 'Now you may know what I mean by hating!†
Chpt 2.20
- I perceived (here was the first disadvantage of not being a fool) that they conciliated me in an insolent pity, and in a sense of superiority.
Chpt 2.21 *conciliated = attempted to end bad feelings or build trust
Definition:
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(conciliatory) intended to end bad feelings or build trust