PLACATINGLY

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does placatingly mean? 

• PLACATINGLY (adverb)
  The adverb PLACATINGLY has 1 sense:

1. in a placating manner

  Familiarity information: PLACATINGLY used as an adverb is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• PLACATINGLY (adverb)

Sense 1

Meaning:

In a placating manner

Context example:

Jenny smiled placatingly

Pertainym:

placating (intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions)

 Context examples 

And even Billee, the good-natured, was less good-natured, and whined not half so placatingly as in former days.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)

He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck’s face with his warm wet tongue.

(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)