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placatively

placatively adverb: in a manner that placates or pacifies.

Adverb

placatively (comparative more placatively, superlative most placatively)

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

Synonyms of placatively

Forms of placatively

comparativemore placatively
superlativemost placatively

Origin of placatively

From placative + -ly.

Questions about placatively

What does placatively mean?
Placatively means in a manner that placates or pacifies.
What part of speech is placatively?
Placatively is an adverb.

Words near placatively in the dictionary

  1. placating
  2. placatingly
  3. placation
  4. placations
  5. placative
  6. placatively
  7. placator
  8. placators
  9. placatory
  10. placazoan
  11. placcat

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