Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- In an assuring manner; in a way to give confidence.
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- adverb In an
assuring manner.
Etymologies
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Examples
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"Yes, I think the bus driver is a very nice person," he interrupted assuringly.
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"Mr. Nishikanta, you can go to hell, sir, and all the rest as well," was Daughtry's quiet response, although in the same breath he was saying, respectfully and assuringly, to the Ancient
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"Yes, I think the bus driver is a very nice person," he interrupted assuringly.
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She puts her hand on his shoulder, as if assuringly, supportingly.
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All nicely kept in a POPULAR plastic bag and assuringly placed on my shelf.
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‘It is nobody of consequence,’ whispered Swithin assuringly.
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“Ah YOU — you are refined and educated into something quite different,” he said, self-assuringly.
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“He greatly prefers, as did President McKinley,” Hay wrote assuringly, “that the question of the route be decided by Congress . . .”
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“He greatly prefers, as did President McKinley,” Hay wrote assuringly, “that the question of the route be decided by Congress . . .”
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Fa-hien first spoke assuringly to them, and then slowly and distinctly asked them, “Who are you?”
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