Word: placatively
Part of speech: Adverb
Syllables: pla
ca
tive
ly
Definition: In a manner that placates or pacifies.
Morphemes:
Affix: placate
Language: en
PoS: Verb
Meaning: To calm; to bring peace to; to influence someone who was furious to the point that they become content or at least no longer irate.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: plācātus
Language: la
Decoded: placatus
PoS: Participle
Meaning: soothed, appeased, calmed
Affix: -ive
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: An adjective suffix signifying relating or belonging to, of the nature of, tending to, or serving to; as: affirmative, active, conclusive, corrective, diminutive.
Etymology Compounds: Affix: -ivus
Language: la
Decoded: -ivus
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Adjective suffix.
Affix: -ly
Language: en
PoS: Suffix
Meaning: Used to form adverbs from adjectives.