comfortinglyadverb
uk/ˈkʌm.fə.tɪŋ.li/us/ˈkʌm.fɚ.t̬ɪŋ.li/in a way that makes you feel less sad or worried:
"It'll be all right," she said comfortingly.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reassuring
- assure
- be/take a weight off your mind idiom
- calm (sb) down
- comfort
- comforting
- consolation
- console
- consoling
- consolingly
- convince
- emollient
- get (sth) through (to sb)
- heartening
- lighten
- mind
- no news is good news idiom
- settle (sb) down
- should
- they should worry! idiom
- weight
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