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ˈsoothingly, adv.
[f. prec. + -ly2.]
In a soothing († plausible, or flattering) manner; so as to soothe, quieten, tranquillize, etc.
1612Shelton Quix. i. 386 Herewithall Anselmo rested the most soothingly and contentedly deceiued, that could be found in the world. 1648Hexham ii, Smeeckelick, Flatteringly, Soothingly. 1794Mrs. Radcliffe Myst. Udolpho xxxi, So soothingly beautiful was the scene around her [etc.]. 1817Shelley Rev. Islam i. lviii. 4 An eye of blue Looked into mine, like moonlight, soothingly. 1832Lytton Eugene A. i. vi, ‘You do not suffer bodily pain, I trust,’ asked Walter, soothingly. 1880Ruskin Fors Clav. lxxxviii. 108 What vexed..me, or returned soothingly to my memory. |