placative

comparative more placative · superlative most placative

1. USThat placates; pacifying.

   Penrod's answer, like the look he lifted to the impressive stranger, was meek and placative.

   1914, Booth Tarkington, chapter 21, in Penrod

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   Temple entered the dining-room from the kitchen, her face fixed in a cringing, placative expression [...].

   1931, William Faulkner, Sanctuary, Vintage, published 1993, page 64

   Synonyms: placatory