placatingly
With calming intent
In a manner intended to soothe or appease someone who is angry or upset: She spoke placatingly, hoping to calm him down.
The word suggests an attempt to reduce hostility or prevent conflict, sometimes with a hint of yielding more than one would like.
Inducing a settled state
lulling · tranquilizing · sedative · settling · hushing · pacifying · relaxing · easing
Reducing anger or hostility
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- conciliatingCalming hostile parties
- propitiatoryMeant to appease wrath
- assuagingLessening intensity or severity
disarming · peacemaking · ingratiating · accommodating · deferential · obliging · unthreatening · subduing
Socially sensitive and careful
- conciliatoryMeant to placate
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
- mediatingFacilitating conflict resolution
- peacemakingResolving conflicts through negotiation
fence-mending · olive-branch · rapprochement · reconciling · harmonizing · bridge-building · compromising · agreeable
Giving emotional ease
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- consolingGiving solace to another
- hearteningInspiring confidence or cheer
sympathetic · empathetic · understanding · nurturing · caring · compassionate · warm · affirmative
calming
Inducing a settled state
quieting · lulling · tranquilizing · sedative · settling · hushing · pacifying · relaxing · easing · mellowing
mollifying
Reducing anger or hostility
- pacifyingCalming someone agitated
- conciliatingCalming hostile parties
- propitiatoryMeant to appease wrath
assuaging · disarming · peacemaking · ingratiating · accommodating · deferential · obliging · unthreatening · subduing · palliative
tactful
Socially sensitive and careful
- conciliatoryMeant to placate
- negotiatingDiscussing to reach agreement
- mediatingFacilitating conflict resolution
peacemaking · fence-mending · olive-branch · rapprochement · reconciling · harmonizing · bridge-building · compromising · agreeable · cooperative
comforting
Giving emotional ease
- encouragingGiving confidence or hope
- supportiveOffering help and reassurance
- consolingGiving solace to another
heartening · sympathetic · empathetic · understanding · nurturing · caring · compassionate · warm · affirmative · hopeful
placatinglyprovocatively
In an inciting manner
antagonistically · aggressively · confrontationally · combatively · belligerently
placatinglydemandingly
In an insistent manner
domineeringly · imperiously · assertively · commandingly · authoritatively