pacificatory

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"I—I didn' say I had any objection to fightin'-men, not when they're quiet," Mrs Bosenna made haste to observe in a pacificatory tone.

From Hocken and Hunken by Quiller-Couch, Arthur Thomas, Sir

The letters which the poet had written, in order to conciliate those two republics, had proved as useless as the pacificatory efforts of Clement VI. and his successor, Innocent.

From The Sonnets, Triumphs, and Other Poems of Petrarch by Campbell, Thomas

Again Rufe laughed: "No—" he said with a quick pacificatory look to young Dave, "not to HIM!"

From The Trail of the Lonesome Pine by Fox, John

“There’s no use of sending the Judge, anyhow,” said Raleigh, fearing by the glitter that came into the eye of the commander that trouble might ensue unless pacificatory measures were resorted to.

From The Pursuit of the House-Boat Being Some Further Account of the Divers Doings of the Associated Shades, under the Leadership of Sherlock Holmes, Esq. by Bangs, John Kendrick

The shouts of the crowd sounded pacificatory, entreating; they blended into a thick, indistinct babel, in which there was something hopeless and pitiful.

From Mother by Gorky, Maksim