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reassuring

[ ree-uh-shoor-ing, -shur- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

restoring or boosting confidence, certainty, or security:
All children deserve safety, comfort, privacy, and reassuring routines.
The reassuring news is that the insects don't carry nearly enough of the virus to infect a human.

the act or process of restoring or boosting confidence, certainty, or security:
One drawback is that telemedicine does not allow for the physical comforting and reassuring of a patient.

First recorded in 1700–10; reassur(e) ( def ) + -ing ²( def ) for the adjective senses; reassur(e) ( def ) + -ing ¹( def ) for the noun sense

The cerebral McLaughlin, who also served as acting director of Central Intelligence, was hardly reassuring on the “what now?”

In other words, the Democrats could certainly still win, but the math is considerably less reassuring.

In the case of a falsely reassuring prenatal test, there are two possibilities for a lawsuit against a health practitioner.

This is the problem facing the Halls and anyone else who receives a falsely reassuring result on a prenatal test.

I have to admit this answer was not entirely reassuring, but for now it seems the best we can do.

Each day he was sending serenely confident telegrams to Calcutta and receiving equally reassuring ones from a fatuous Viceroy.

The bed threw a shadow on them both, but she could see his benevolent face, anxious and yet reassuring, rather clearly.

Their eyes met, and he smiled a friendly, reassuring smile, such as a father might have bestowed upon a daughter.

The Man from Time had an impulse to get up, walk over to the two frightened children and comfort them with a reassuring smile.

"No doubt he went to Paris upon some important business," Fetherston said, reassuring her.

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