comfortingly

com·fort  (kmfrt)

tr.v. com·fort·ed, com·fort·ing, com·forts

1. To soothe in time of affliction or distress.

2. To ease physically; relieve.

n.

1. A condition or feeling of pleasurable ease, well-being, and contentment.

2. Solace in time of grief or fear.

3. Help; assistance: gave comfort to the enemy.

4. One that brings or provides comfort.

5. The capacity to give physical ease and well-being: enjoying the comfort of my favorite chair.

6. Chiefly Southern & Lower Northern U.S. A quilted bedcover; a comforter.

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[Middle English comforten, from Old French conforter, to strengthen, from Late Latin cnfortre : Latin com-, intensive pref.; see com- + Latin fortis, strong; see bhergh-² in Indo-European roots.]

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comfort·ing·ly adv.

Synonyms: comfort, console¹, solace
These verbs mean to give hope or help to in time of grief or pain: comforted the distressed child; consoling a recent widow; solaced myself with a hot cup of coffee See Also Synonyms at amenity.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

comfortingly - in a comforting or consoling manner; "one part of a strange world should be given a comfortingly familiar form" consolingly