reassuringadjective
uk/ˌriː.əˈʃɔː.rɪŋ/us/ˌriː.əˈʃʊr.ɪŋ/C1 making you feel less worried:
He smiled at me in a reassuring way.
More examples
- The two men who called at the house were well-spoken and had a reassuring manner.
- For more than half a century, the reassuring tones of BBC newscasters have informed British television viewers about world events.
- It's very reassuring to know that you'll be there.
- It was very reassuring to hear his voice on the phone.
- Thank you for your kind comments about my performance - it was very reassuring.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Reassuring
- assure
- be/take a weight off your mind idiom
- calm (sb) down
- comfort
- comforting
- consolation
- console
- consoling
- consolingly
- convince
- emollient
- get (sth) through (to sb)
- heartened
- heartening
- lighten
- mind
- no news is good news idiom
- should
- they should worry! idiom
- weight
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reassuringly
adverb uk/ˌriː.əˈʃɔː.rɪŋ.li/us/ˌriː.əˈʃʊr.ɪŋ.li/
"Don't worry," he said reassuringly. "Everything will be all right."