placable
Americanadjective
adjective
"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012Other Word Forms
- placability noun
- placableness noun
- placably adverb
Etymology
Origin of placable
1490–1500; < Old French < Latin plācābilis. See placate 1, -able
Example Sentences
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She wished, indeed, that her uncle would be more just, more placable, more generous; but she felt clearly where the fault lay, and she never turned her eyes in the other direction.
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Mrs. Orton was less placable; she sat aloof, and secretly longed to be able to say her say.
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Jack was surprised to find him at first more placable than he had expected, but presently he learned that this moderation was only assumed.
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David showed himself placable, and prepared to pardon the adherents of Absalom.
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Henry himself, it may be noted, seems to have been both blameless and placable on these occasions, but naturally bored.
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