healing
[ hee-ling ]
adjective
curing or curative; prescribed or helping to heal.
growing sound; getting well; mending.
noun
the act or process of regaining health: a new drug to accelerate healing.
Origin of healing
1Other words from healing
- heal·ing·ly, adverb
- self-healing, adjective
- un·heal·ing, adjective
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How to use healing in a sentence
It was as though she could not tell whether those tears were his, or had come healingly into her own dry eyes.
Rough-Hewn | Dorothy CanfieldThe blue tides rose and fell at Clark's Hills, the summer sun shone healingly down upon Rachael's sick heart and soul.
The Heart of Rachael | Kathleen NorrisWarm as wadding it lay healingly round his tired ego, protecting it from jars and pressure.
On the Seaboard | August Strindberg
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