Comfortingly
['kʌmfətiŋli]
Definition
(adv.) in a comforting or consoling manner; 'one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form'.
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Examples
- You must allow him more time, uncle, replied Maurice comfortingly; you know everything may not have gone exactly as we thought. Fergus Hume. The Island of Fantasy.
- But you could not prevent it; you did your best--it was in vain, said Caroline comfortingly. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He came back, at the moment when Bella had taken the hand comfortingly between her own. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
- He nodded comfortingly. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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