Definitions
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- adverb In a
consoling manner
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- adverb in a comforting or consoling manner
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Examples
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In 1960, as young Dench hurled herself into the role of Shakespeare's Juliet for England's Old Vic, and cried in anguish, "Where are my father and my mother, Nurse?" her doctor Daddy called consolingly from the audience, "Here we are, darling, in Row H."
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Well, dear! "consolingly," it's better to know the truth than to have gone on blindly talking to so undesirable an acquaintance! "
Wired Love A Romance of Dots and Dashes Ella Cheever Thayer
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His partner rubbed his back consolingly and handed Terrence his handkerchief to dry his tears.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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This consolingly established my belief that he had formed a whole terrible scientifically planned war game for us; one we were not specialized in, but one he was.
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His partner rubbed his back consolingly and handed Terrence his handkerchief to dry his tears.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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His partner rubbed his back consolingly and handed Terrence his handkerchief to dry his tears.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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Knox, looking wan and dazed, exchanges chaste kisses with Sollecito, who rubs her arm consolingly.
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"It's not your fault," Ms. Kargman said consolingly.
Bullets and 'F-Bombs' Ralph Gardner Jr. 2011
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“You don't have to tell me why you are being so kind, Timothy,” I said consolingly.
The Bodice-Ripper Free School Zone Act Con Chapman 2011
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His partner rubbed his back consolingly and handed Terrence his handkerchief to dry his tears.
Larger Than Lyfe Cynthia Diane Thornton 2011
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