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# How to pronounce "placatingly" in English

## Pronunciation & Phonetics

- **IPA**: `/plækætɪnglɪ/`
- **Syllable Breakdown**: **pla·ca·tin·gly**

## Meaning & Usage

### ADVERB
- In a manner that serves to placate.
  - *Example*: "Her title is always on the lips of the crew […] yet she herself is unseen, locked away in her quarters. ‘Working,’ the stewards say, placatingly."

### Example Sentences
- "Her title is always on the lips of the crew […] yet she herself is unseen, locked away in her quarters. ‘Working,’ the stewards say, placatingly."
- "He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck's face with"
- "And even Billee, the good-natured, was less good-natured, and whined not half so placatingly as in former days."

### Common Phrases
- placatingly squirmed
- whined placatingly

## Real-Life Native Speaker Examples (2 Video Clips)

Listen to native speakers pronounce "placatingly" in real conversation:

### Example 1
*Accent: US*
> "Were they in the tent? He whined placatingly, squirmed and wriggled to show his good will and intentions, and even ventured, as a bribe for peace, to lick Buck's face with"
- **Watch at 33:15**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B7L9O803s&t=1995s)

### Example 2
*Accent: US*
> "And even Billee, the good-natured, was less good-natured, and whined not half so placatingly as in former days."
- **Watch at 67:58**: [YouTube](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F9B7L9O803s&t=4078s)


## How to Pronounce "placatingly"

- **Syllables**: pla · ca · tin · gly
- **IPA**: `/plækætɪnglɪ/`
- **Listen for**: the stressed syllable in the clips above — notice how surrounding sounds blend in natural speech.

## Related Words

### Word Forms
[placating](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/placating)


## Related Pronunciations

[placating](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/placating), [placatively](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/placatively), [pla](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/pla), [plaas](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/plaas), [plabic](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/plabic), [placability](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/placability), [placable](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/placable), [placableness](https://sayitvid.com/pronounce/placableness)

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How do you pronounce “placatingly”?
“placatingly” is pronounced /plækætɪnglɪ/ (pla · ca · tin · gly). Listen to the native-speaker clips above to hear it in real conversation.

### How many syllables are in “placatingly”?
“placatingly” has 4 syllables: pla · ca · tin · gly.

### What does “placatingly” mean?
In a manner that serves to placate.

### How can I hear “placatingly” used in real sentences?
This page has 2 real-world video examples of “placatingly” with synchronized subtitles. Use Previous / Next (or ← / → keys) to hear each one at the exact moment it is spoken.


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