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Consolatory

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con·sole 1  (kn-sl)
tr.v. con·soled, con·sol·ing, con·soles
To allay the sorrow or grief of. See Synonyms at comfort.

[French consoler, from Old French, from Latin cnslr : com-, intensive pref.; see com- + slr, to comfort.]

con·sola·ble adj.
con·sola·tory (-sl-tôr, -tr, -sl-) adj.
con·soler n.
con·soling·ly adv.
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Adj.1.consolatory - affording comfort or solace
reassuring - restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark"

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And now during these last three weeks of the march he had learned still another new, consolatory truth- that nothing in this world is terrible.
Apparently this consolatory perspective of a mother's prospects failed in producing its due effect.
One consolatory reflection upon her conduct had occurred to her at the first moment of the final rupture, and when now she recalled all the past, she remembered that one reflection.
 
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