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Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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adverb

in a way that is correct and exact; without error

She measured the ingredients accurately to ensure the cake turned out perfectly.

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conciliate

Part of SpeechverbPronunciation/ˌkənˈsɪlieɪt/Used In Literature ↓

To make calm and content, or regain the goodwill of; to placate.

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Poetry examples for conciliate

Excerpts from the ReadingWillow English Library collection.

written with the least atom of purpose to forestall criticisms of

course, but from the desire I have to conciliate men who are

competent to look, and who do look with a zealous eye, to the

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rival, Samoïlovitch, hetman of the Eastern Ukraine, and, as his

secretary or envoy, continued to attract the notice and to conciliate

the good will of the (regent) Tzarina Sophia and her eminent _boyard_,

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