placable
adjective
capable of being placated, pacified, or appeased; forgiving.
placably
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a word derived from
placable.
Example Sentences
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Come, come, Mr. Claridge," Hewitt said more placably, for he had gained his point; "don't distress yourself, and don't attempt to deceive me—you can't, I assure you.
From Martin Hewitt, Investigator by Arthur Morrison
Laugh and ye will," he said, quite placably; "ye shall never laugh the peetriotism out o' me.
From The Master of Appleby A Novel Tale Concerning Itself in Part with the Great Struggle in the Two Carolinas; but Chiefly with the Adventures Therein of Two Gentlemen Who Loved One and the Same Lady by Francis Lynde
"The condition has already expired by limitation; the fight is as good as settled now," he said, placably.
From The Price by Francis Lynde
"How can I?" she replied placably, "when it was the foundation of our delightful friendship?"
From The Creators A Comedy by May Sinclair
"Of course not; I had forgotten," replied Conolly, placably.
From The Irrational Knot Being the Second Novel of His Nonage by Bernard Shaw
