placatively

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English

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Etymology

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placative +‎ -ly

Adverb

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placatively (comparative more placatively, superlative most placatively)

  1. In a manner that placates or pacifies.
    • 1916, Booth Tarkington, chapter 29, in Seventeen:
      "All right," she said, placatively. "I didn't mean to bother you, dear."

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