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mollify
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  • This seems to mollify them, and they all...  (source)
    mollify = calm
  • Mollified, Mayella gave Atticus a final terrified glance and said to Mr. Gilmer, "Well sir, I was on the porch and..."  (source)
    Mollified = calmed
  • "We just want information," Piper said in her most calming voice. "We hear you know everything." Aeolus straightened his lapels and looked slightly mollified.  (source)
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  • A handful of men wanting their money back are hustled away to be mollified by the patches before their train of thought has an opportunity to spread.  (source)
    mollified = calmed
  • To mollify reporters, he would take Seabiscuit out onto the track during the heavily attended morning hours, but only for slow workouts or jogs.  (source)
    mollify = calm
  • Head boys and waiters were mollifying the patrons, patting shoulders and clearing away the debris while straightening tables and producing new chairs and dispensing free glasses of whisky.  (source)
    mollifying = calming
  • TYRONE Mollifyingly.†  (source)
  • "I never saw him here before," said Mrs. Fletcher, still unmollified.†  (source)
    unmollified = not calmed
    standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unmollified means not and reverses the meaning of mollified. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
  • —Some mollification for your giant, sweet lady.†  (source)
    standard suffix: The suffix "-tion", converts a verb into a noun that denotes the action or result of the verb. Typically, there is a slight change in the ending of the root verb, as in action, education, and observation.
  • Eragon apologized, and appearing somewhat mollified, Rhunon handed the sword back to him.  (source)
    mollified = calmed
  • He wants to mollify me, so that I'll give up the idea of parting with him.  (source)
    mollify = calm
  • "Don't tell the world what we're trying to do," Jack whispered in a mollifying tone.  (source)
    mollifying = calming
  • CHUCK—(mollifyingly) Yeah, Baby, sure.†  (source)
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