Associations to the word «Placatory»
Wiktionary
PLACATORY, adjective. That placates; pacifying.
Dictionary definition
PLACATORY, adjective. 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".
Wise words
The right word may be effective, but no word was ever as
effective as a rightly timed pause.