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  • adverb In a supportive way.

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Examples

  • "The book business is an absolute heartbreaker -- I spend most of my time managing expectations and soothing disappointments," my agent wrote to me recently, sweetly and supportively, when I wrote to him in utter bewilderment that anyone could write one book, let alone tread across those hot coals and try for two.

    Erica Heller: In Between Books: The 'Catch-22' of Pre- and Post-Partum Book Depression Erica Heller 2011

  • "The book business is an absolute heartbreaker -- I spend most of my time managing expectations and soothing disappointments," my agent wrote to me recently, sweetly and supportively, when I wrote to him in utter bewilderment that anyone could write one book, let alone tread across those hot coals and try for two.

    Erica Heller: In Between Books: The 'Catch-22' of Pre- and Post-Partum Book Depression Erica Heller 2011

  • The screens can be used to display different information: a textbook page, for example, and a supportively designed web page.

    50 Anniversary 2009

  • The screens can be used to display different information: a textbook page, for example, and a supportively designed web page.

    Reviews 2010

  • The screens can be used to display different information: a textbook page, for example, and a supportively designed web page.

    The eBook Challenge-Stew Savard 2009

  • The screens can be used to display different information: a textbook page, for example, and a supportively designed web page.

    Technology 2010

  • Clementi, for his part, appears to have posted fairly lucid messages on a gay community message board, which responded supportively to him.

    Ruth Starkman: Dorm Life Is a Jungle: The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi Ruth Starkman 2010

  • Clementi, for his part, appears to have posted fairly lucid messages on a gay community message board, which responded supportively to him.

    Ruth Starkman: Dorm Life Is a Jungle: The Tragedy of Tyler Clementi Ruth Starkman 2010

  • The screens can be used to display different information: a textbook page, for example, and a supportively designed web page.

    Selections 2010

  • The screens can be used to display different information: a textbook page, for example, and a supportively designed web page.

    Reviews 2010

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