appeasingness

Updated: May 14, 2025

At a nod from him, the semicircle seated itself on the manienie grass, and with further deprecatory smiles waited his pleasure. "What do you want?" demanded, in Hawaiian, with a brusqueness and sternness they knew were put on. They smiled more broadly, and deliciously squirmed their broad shoulders and great torsos with the appeasingness of so many wriggling puppies.

Jack London - On the Makaloa Mat