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placatory

adjective as in conciliatory

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adjective as in pacific

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adjective as in peaceful

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"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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On this page you'll find 90 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to placatory, such as: appeasing, assuaging, calm, civil, disarming, and irenic.

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