placatingly

"Let it be," said Cadfael placatingly, seeing how the boy laboured at the thing he could not understand.

A River So Long 2010

"I don't suppose they'll bother any one," she offered placatingly, "I mean, they quickly learn where they're allowed to go and who ..."

You Don't Take Names Ajay Nair 2010

So I started to hum and haw placatingly, while she snapped in a voice like ice:

Fiancée 2010

Holding his hands out placatingly, Shipley dropped his gruff tone.

EMPIRE DAVID DUNWOODY 2008

Holding his hands out placatingly, Shipley dropped his gruff tone.

EMPIRE DAVID DUNWOODY 2008

Holding his hands out placatingly, Shipley dropped his gruff tone.

EMPIRE DAVID DUNWOODY 2008

He saw Norfolk flush, remembered he needed a favor from the choleric human, and added placatingly, "Truth to tell, my lord, I had never noticed it either, until I saw it open, and I have accompanied the children to the pond once or twice."

This Scepter'd Isle Lackey, Mercedes 2004

Jaspers looked at Mr. Steger very flatly and wisely — almost placatingly under the circumstances — and

The Financier 2004

“Okay, okay,” Marsha said to Keith placatingly, while at the same time tightening her hold on the trembling dog.

Whispers At Midnight Karen Robards 2003

When she raised her head, Clarke was in the far corner of the room with his hands, palms out, placatingly in front of him.

Before the Devil Knows You’re Dead Michael Ledwidge 2003