propitiatory
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There was a brief Cabinet crisis, in which Premier Solh shuffled his ministers in a faintly propitiatory manner.
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Ancestors are invoked who around her as she starts the propitiatory dance.
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Various propitiatory ceremonies are performed by specialists to secure its good-will.
From Omens and Superstitions of Southern India by Thurston, Edgar
Days were shortening, so that by the time George had finished his tea, which included a propitiatory offering of doughnuts, the boom of beetles sounded in the street.
From A Drake by George! by Trevena, John
Buckley spat in a propitiatory manner toward seven small bushes, and conversationally informed the northwest corner of the canvas top on a nearby schooner that he, Jim Buckley, had decided to take along a woman.
From The Westerners by White, Stewart Edward
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.