propitiatorilyadv.
/prəˌpɪʃɪəˈtɔːrᵻli/, /prəˈpɪʃɪət(ə)rᵻli/, U.S. /prəˌpɪʃiəˈtɔrəli/, /proʊˌpɪʃiəˈtɔrəli/ rare.
In a propitiatory manner; by way of propitiating someone or something.
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society > faith > worship > sacrifice or a sacrifice > propitiation > [adverb]
propitiatorilya1555
society > society and the community > dissent > absence of dissension or peace > bringing about concord or peace > [adverb] > in appeasing or propitiatory manner
propitiatorilya1555
disarmingly1836
propitiatingly1856
placatingly1875
conciliatingly1880
conciliatorily1903
a1555 J. Bradford Two Notable Serm. (1574) sig. Iivv Being peruerted and vsed to a contrary ende, as of sacrificyng propitiatorely for the syns of the quicke and of the dead.
1657 F. Roberts Mysterium & Medulla Bibliorum iv. v. 1339 For I will be mercifull..I will be propitiatorily-pacified, or, I will be propitious to their unrighteousnesses.
1853 W. Anderson Exposure Popery (1878) 184 There is not a shadow of evidence that Christ made an Offering of that bread and wine to his Father, either eucharistically or propitiatorily.
1909 G. B. Shaw Compl. Plays (1931) 1100 The Orderly (propitiatorily) Would you av the feelin art to step out, madam?
1998 Toronto Sun (Nexis) 2 Aug. c10 The novel is dedicated propitiatorily to his parents.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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