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placating, ppl. a.|pləˈkeɪtɪŋ|
[f. placate v. + -ing2.]
That placates or is intended to placate; conciliatory. Hence as n. (rare—1); plaˈcatingly adv.
1911M. Johnston Long Roll xix. 243 Allen took it calmly, made a placating remark or two, and lapsed into a friendly silence. 1919E. O'Neill Where Cross is Made in Moon of Caribbees 167 (Placatingly) You're wrong, Father. 1921Spectator 12 Mar. 333 Holland never dealt in half-measures; the placating whitey-grey argument or studiously reasoned compromise was to him anathema. 1925T. Dreiser Amer. Trag. (1926) ii. xi. 235 ‘You're right, I know,’ said Clyde placatingly, for he was still hoping for this hinted-at promotion. 1931E. O'Neill The Hunted iv, in Mourning becomes Electra (1932) 171 Hastily, with a placating air. 1935W. Stevens Ideas of Order (1936) 22 Be thou that wintry sound As of the great wind howling, By which sorrow is released, Dismissed, absolved In a starry placating. 1941― in O. Williams New Poems: 1940 202 The placating star Shall be the greater for the death you die. 1964Punch 29 Jan. 153/1 My wife poured him a coffee placatingly. 1977P. Hill Fanatics 21 Carpenter put up his hand in a placating gesture. |