placatory

"She's so excited over Kate's coming home," said Mrs. Barrington with a placatory smile.
The Precipice|Elia Wilkinson Peattie
She looked down at me with such a placatory and genuinely feminine smile I decided I'd been foolish to be offended.
Greener Than You Think|Ward Moore
Wherefore, instead of quarrelling with the deputation, he rose with placatory phrases in his mouth.
A Romance in Transit|Francis Lynde
Henceforth the ceremonial, instead of placatory and expiatory, became nuptial.
Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3|Various

Eve looked round with a delightful placatory smile which conjured an answering smile into the face of her husband.
Mr. Prohack|E. Arnold Bennett

British Dictionary definitions for placatory

placatory

less commonly placative (pləˈkeɪtɪv, ˈplækətɪv)

/ (pləˈkeɪtərɪ, -trɪ) /

adjective

placating or intended to placate

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British Dictionary definitions for placatory

less commonly placative (pləˈkeɪtɪv, ˈplækətɪv)