Meanings
adverbplacatingly (comparative more placatingly, superlative most placatingly)
comparative more placatingly · superlative most placatingly
- 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.
2024, Sarah Brooks, The Cautious Traveller’s Guide to the Wastelands, Wiedenfeld & Nicolson, pages 95-96
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placatingly. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placatingly
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“placatingly.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placatingly. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “placatingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/placatingly.
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