reassuringlyadv.
/ˌriːəˈʃʊərɪŋli/, /ˌriːəˈʃɔːrɪŋli/, U.S. /ˌriəˈʃʊrɪŋli/ In a reassuring manner; in a way that provides reassurance.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > emotion > pleasure > state of being consoled or relieved > [adverb] > in manner giving consolation or relief
solaciouslya1529
comfortably1611
easefully1611
relievinglya1708
reassuringly1827
consolatorily1836
comfortingly1849
consolingly1880
1827 T. C. Grattan High-ways & By-ways 3rd Ser. I. 241 ‘Well, well, here I am, my girl,’ said he, reassuringly.
1854 A. C. Mowatt Autobiogr. of Actress xvi. 289 The departed spirit of Edith must have returned at the sound, for she whispered reassuringly through half-opened lips, ‘It's nothing—I'm not much hurt’!
1872 ‘G. Eliot’ Middlemarch II. iii. xxxii. 161 ‘I shall take a mere mouthful of ham and a glass of ale,’ he said, reassuringly.
1903 Westm. Gaz. 28 July 8/2 The King laughed and reassuringly shook hands with the embarrassed gentleman.
1987 J. Briggs Woman of Passion xiii. 358 He murmured reassuringly ‘It's alright—I'm not hurt.’
2004 J. O'Shaughnessy & N. J. O'Shaughnessy Persuasion in Advertising ii. 48 The product [sc. Stella Artois] is encased in a nimbus of ancient-seeming tales that attest to its astonishing status, tradition and exclusivity, embodied in the daring slogan ‘Reassuringly Expensive’.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2009; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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