Definitions
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- adverb In a manner that serves to
placate .
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- adverb in a placating manner
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Let it be," said Cadfael placatingly, seeing how the boy laboured at the thing he could not understand.
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"I don't suppose they'll bother any one," she offered placatingly, "I mean, they quickly learn where they're allowed to go and who ..."
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So I started to hum and haw placatingly, while she snapped in a voice like ice:
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Holding his hands out placatingly, Shipley dropped his gruff tone.
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Holding his hands out placatingly, Shipley dropped his gruff tone.
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Holding his hands out placatingly, Shipley dropped his gruff tone.
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He saw Norfolk flush, remembered he needed a favor from the choleric human, and added placatingly, "Truth to tell, my lord, I had never noticed it either, until I saw it open, and I have accompanied the children to the pond once or twice."
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Jaspers looked at Mr. Steger very flatly and wisely — almost placatingly under the circumstances — and
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“Okay, okay,” Marsha said to Keith placatingly, while at the same time tightening her hold on the trembling dog.
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When she raised her head, Clarke was in the far corner of the room with his hands, palms out, placatingly in front of him.
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