consolingly

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.

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

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con·sola·ble adj.

con·sola·tory (-sl-tôr, -tr, -sl-) adj.

con·soler n.

con·soling·ly adv.

Thesaurus

Adv.

1.

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