propitiate
verb (used with object)
to make favorably inclined; appease; conciliate.
propitiatingly
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a word derived from
propitiate.
Example Sentences
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“I say, Mr. Savage,” said the Deputy Sub-Bursar, smiling propitiatingly.
From "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley
"How can you leave Miss Martell?" asked Lottie, as Hemstead approached propitiatingly with a large armful of the choicest evergreens.
From From Jest to Earnest by Edward Payson Roe
“Mister Wull,” Jehoshaphat asked, propitiatingly, “won’t you be put ashore?”
From Every Man for Himself by Norman Duncan
“When I come back,” he spoke propitiatingly, “the day after to-morrow, probably we’ll go and see that petrified tree of which Teeters told us.”
From The Fighting Shepherdess by Caroline Lockhart
Ah, my dear Miss Fortune," he began propitiatingly, "I hope you will reconsider, I'm sure.
From Rimrock Jones by Dane Coolidge
