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comfortingly

 [kuhm-fer-ting]  

com·fort·ing

   [kuhm-fer-ting]
adjective
affording comfort or solace.
Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English; see comfort, -ing2

Related forms
com·fort·ing·ly, adverb
un·com·fort·ing, adjective
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comfort (ˈkʌmfət)
 
—n
1.  a state of ease or well-being
2.  relief from affliction, grief, etc
3.  a person, thing, or event that brings solace or ease
4.  obsolete support
5.  (usually plural) something that affords physical ease and relaxation
 
—vb
6.  to ease the pain of; soothe; cheer
7.  to bring physical ease to
 
[C13: from Old French confort, from Late Latin confortāre to strengthen very much, from Latin con- (intensive) + fortis strong]
 
'comforting
 
—adj
 
'comfortingly
 
—adv
 
'comfortless
 
—adj
 
'comfortlessly
 
—adv
 
'comfortlessness
 
—n

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