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consoling, ppl. a.|kənˈsəʊlɪŋ|
[f. console v. + -ing2.]
That consoles, comforting.
a1704T. Brown Praise Drunkenness Wks. (1730) I. 33 Noah..passed away the melancholly hours of confinement.. with a consoling bottle. 1797Mrs. Radcliffe Italian i, Ellena..was patient to her infirmities, and consoling to her suffering.
Hence conˈsolingly adv.
1880Ouida Moths II. 70. 1887 Hall Caine Son of Hagar Prol. 16 The old woman stroked her consolingly. |