placative

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From placate +‎ -ive.

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placative (comparative more placative, superlative most placative)

  1. (chiefly US) That placates; pacifying.
    • 1914, Booth Tarkington, chapter 21, in Penrod:
      Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.
    • 1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 64:
      Temple entered the dining-room from the kitchen, her face fixed in a cringing, placative expression [...].

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