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supplicatory
adjective as in humble
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Mrs. Brimmer cast a supplicatory look at Miss Keene, and hastily quitted the room.
It was the whine of the Hindu beggar, halting, supplicatory, almost revoltingly servile.
Bessie launched a supplicatory glance at madame, then hazarded a doubtful consent, which did not provoke a denial.
I was about to reply, but Owen looked at me with such a supplicatory and warning gesture, that I was involuntarily silent.
None of them were in a supplicatory style: the Emperor already spoke as a master; he did not entreat, he commanded.
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On this page you'll find 80 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to supplicatory, such as: courteous, gentle, modest, ordinary, polite, and quiet.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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