Origin: Latin
suffix -ory
Placatory has 2 different meanings across 1 category:
Adjective
Adjective
1
intended to pacify by acceding to demands or granting concessions
"the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"
"placating (or placative) gestures"
"an astonishingly placatory speech"
2
That placates; pacifying.
Example Sentences
"the appeasing concessions to the Nazis at Munich"
adjective
"placating (or placative) gestures"
adjective
"an astonishingly placatory speech"
adjective