Robert rejects any friendly or placatory advances from his brother.
It sounded like a placatory remark.
Those who dispute that view and who plead that to avoid such a grim prospect we must now make these placatory gestures to ward off demands are deceiving themselves.
The truth is that the company made the placatory offer just one week before a consolidated court case was due to be heard.
Given the robust nature of this place, she was thoughtful and placatory.
However, their view is disguised by their curious placatory rhetoric and the use of words such as "modernisation".
Placatory promises to establish an independent territory have been made and forgotten.
This is the placatory worm offered to them.
