comforting
affording comfort or solace.
Origin of comforting
1Other words from comforting
- com·fort·ing·ly, adverb
- un·com·fort·ing, adjective
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How to use comforting in a sentence
A story narrated by a child and acted out by adults, it feels as fun and comfortingly familiar as our favorite bedtime story.
Comfortingly, he says, “There will no pain suffered by anyone because of their rebellion against God.”
"Oh, Genevieve, you're always so comfortingly sure," sighed Cordelia to the door through which her friend had just sped.
The Sunbridge Girls at Six Star Ranch | Eleanor H. (Eleanor Hodgman) PorterFor a moment he lay still; and a cool fern pressed comfortingly against his cheek.
God Wills It! | William Stearns DavisHe patted her shoulder comfortingly, for he could think of nothing to say.
Hunters Out of Space | Joseph Everidge Kelleam
"You bet it does, and it's worse inside," said Butsey comfortingly.
The Varmint | Owen JohnsonHadyn Stuyvesant smiled at the practical little being his arm still so comfortingly encircled.
Three Little Women | Gabrielle E. Jackson
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