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placatory

adjective as in conciliatory

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Example Sentences

"She's so excited over Kate's coming home," said Mrs. Barrington with a placatory smile.

She looked down at me with such a placatory and genuinely feminine smile I decided I'd been foolish to be offended.

Wherefore, instead of quarrelling with the deputation, he rose with placatory phrases in his mouth.

Henceforth the ceremonial, instead of placatory and expiatory, became nuptial.

Eve looked round with a delightful placatory smile which conjured an answering smile into the face of her husband.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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