propitiatory

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There was a brief Cabinet crisis, in which Premier Solh shuffled his ministers in a faintly propitiatory manner.

From Time Magazine Archive

Ancestors are invoked who around her as she starts the propitiatory dance.

From Time Magazine Archive

To tell the truth," said Nettie Fry, another of the listening group, propitiatory of the mistress of a million in her own right,—"I never admired Mr. Fordham so much as many pretend to do.

From Jessamine A Novel by Harland, Marion

He chid her, but with a propitiatory smile akin to those which the augurs exchanged.

From The Abbess Of Vlaye by Weyman, Stanley J.

A timid propitiatory smile curved her sensitive mouth and arched her long, finely-drawn eyebrows.

From Rough-Hewn by Canfield, Dorothy