reassuringly

[ US /ɹiəˈʃɝɪŋɫi, ɹiəˈʃʊɹɪŋɫi/ ]
[ UK /ɹˌiːəʃjˈɔːɹɪŋli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a reassuring manner
    the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press

How To Use reassuringly In A Sentence

  • His emblematic white mullet and gigantic cigar are reassuringly in place.
  • No effect was observed on visceral sites of metastases, although reassuringly no trend toward an increase was identified.
  • When she smiled reassuringly, he threw his head back and laughed, which confused her, but she didn't show it.
  • This was a reassuringly lucid explanation. Times, Sunday Times
  • I confirm that Webster's Third defines epiphora as "watering of the eyes," a definition reassuringly similar to the first definition the OED gives for the same term. VERBATIM: The Language Quarterly Vol XII No 1
  • It's reassuringly stable, yet easily rocked to brace against side-waves.
  • Theirs are reassuringly solid and made of natural cotton canvas. Times, Sunday Times
  • Buy a new car, and bask reassuringly in the knowledge that it is covered for a decade or 100,000 miles on all major mechanical components, plus the promise of roadside help over the next five years.
  • The bright spring day shone reassuringly on columbine and starflower. The Welkening
  • Human speech flowed like bubbling liquid from his lips, reassuringly soft with no aggressive edge to it.
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