Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

comfortingly

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.68 in modern English

Syllables: com-fort-ing-ly
IPA

23

Scrabble Score

12

Letters

4

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

In a comforting manner.

Example Sentences

"Since Donald Trump’s first term, they have been viewed comfortingly as the “adults in the room,” a last line of defense against the impulsive whims of a president with access to the nuclear codes."

Etymology

Etymology tree English comforting Middle English -ly English -ly English comfortingly From comforting + -ly.

Inflected Forms

more comfortingly (comparative) most comfortingly (superlative)

Synonyms

consolingly

Questions

What does comfortingly mean?: In a comforting manner.
Where does comfortingly come from?: Etymology tree English comforting Middle English -ly English -ly English comfortingly From comforting + -ly.

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