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placatingly

adverb

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adv

Etymology: Etymology tree English placating Middle English -ly English -ly English placatingly From placating + -ly.

  1. In a manner that serves to placate.

    Her title is always on the lips of the crew […] yet she herself is unseen, locked away in her quarters. ‘Working,’ the stewards say, placatingly.