Usually means: Soothingly reassuring, providing emotional ease.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word comfortingly:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. comfortingly: Merriam-Webster
  2. comfortingly: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. comfortingly: Collins English Dictionary
  4. comfortingly: Vocabulary.com
  5. comfortingly: Wordnik
  6. comfortingly: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  7. comfortingly: Wiktionary
  8. comfortingly: Dictionary.com
  9. comfortingly: Rhymezone
  10. comfortingly: FreeDictionary.org
  11. comfortingly: Mnemonic Dictionary
  12. comfortingly: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. comfortingly: Legal dictionary

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  1. comfortingly: Idioms

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▸ adverb:  In a comforting manner

Similar:
consolingly, reassuringly, comfortsome, heartwarmingly, discomfortingly, calmingly, soothingly, comfortlessly, encouragingly, touchingly, more...

Opposite:
unsettlingly, uncomfortably, disturbingly

Types:
reassuringly, encouragingly, comfortably, cozily, snugly, more...

Phrases:
said comfortingly, say comfortingly, speak comfortingly, more...

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Similar:
consolingly, reassuringly, comfortsome, heartwarmingly, discomfortingly, calmingly, soothingly, comfortlessly, encouragingly, touchingly, more...

Opposite:
unsettlingly, uncomfortably, disturbingly

Types:
reassuringly, encouragingly, comfortably, cozily, snugly, more...

Phrases:
said comfortingly, say comfortingly, speak comfortingly, more...



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