pacificatory
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“That is quite true,” observed Raleigh, with a pacificatory nod at Noah.
From A House-Boat on the Styx by John Kendrick Bangs
Had this pacificatory principle been discovered earlier, "The Letters of Phalaris" would never have fluttered Europe, and Swift would have had no need to write "The Battle of the Books."
From Without Prejudice by Israel Zangwill
Clear, frank, open to reasonable representation, correct to his promise; in fact, industriously conciliatory and pacificatory: such is Friedrich to all Silesian men.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 12 by Thomas Carlyle
Mr. Barrett would have advised more pacificatory talk.
From King Spruce, A Novel by Holman Day
"I—I didn' say I had any objection to fightin'-men, not when they're quiet," Mrs Bosenna made haste to observe in a pacificatory tone.
From Hocken and Hunken by Sir Arthur Thomas Quiller-Couch
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