Reassuringly
[,ri:ə'ʃuəriŋli]
Definition
(adv.) in a reassuring manner; 'the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press'.
Typist: Virginia--From WordNet
Examples
- I shall take a mere mouthful of ham and a glass of ale, he said, reassuringly. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
- She had found it reassuringly easy to keep Trenor in a good humour. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- It is right, he told himself, not reassuringly, but proudly. Hemingway, Ernest. For Whom The Bell Tolls.
Typist: Virginia