propitiatingly

Max, rat-eyed and frog-mouthed, came forward propitiatingly.

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The prisoner wriggled perplexedly, and then grinned propitiatingly as he said:

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He smiled propitiatingly and therein lay the sting, that he did not even take the trouble to conceal that he was trying to appease her.

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"I say, Mr. Savage," said the Deputy Sub-Bursar, smiling propitiatingly.

Brave New World Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963 1932

Mr. Doolittle's manner was still propitiatingly bland.

The Sturdy Oak A composite Novel of American Politics by fourteen American authors Mary Heaton Vorse 1920

Mrs. Draper patted the girl's shoulder propitiatingly.

The Bent Twig Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

"I was just lookin 'for you, Moira aroon," he said propitiatingly.

Hillsboro People Dorothy Canfield Fisher 1918

"When I come back," he spoke propitiatingly, "the day after to-morrow, probably we'll go and see that petrified tree of which Teeters told us."

The Fighting Shepherdess Caroline Lockhart 1916

Yet constantly saying 'No,' constantly shaking the head and smiling propitiatingly the while is not to appease; and those short hours of companionship in which they had once managed to be happy became times of strain, of disappointment, of barely kept control.

The Misses Mallett The Bridge Dividing 1914

"Well, he better not get _you_ down on him," said Albert propitiatingly.

Two on the Trail A Story of the Far Northwest Hulbert Footner 1911