assuringly

English

Etymology

From assuring +‎ -ly.

Adverb

assuringly (comparative more assuringly, superlative most assuringly)

1. In an assuring manner.
   • 1887, Homer Greene, Burnham Breaker‎^[1]:

     "Oh, yes!" said the lawyer, assuringly, "oh, yes! there's no mistake about that, there isn't the shadow of a doubt about that.

   • 1900, Annie Fellows Johnston, “‘Found Out’”, in The Little Colonel’s House Party, Boston, Mass.: The Page Company, →OCLC, page 168:

     "He won't hurt you, Miss Lloyd," he called, assuringly.

   • 1909, John R. Musick, The Real America in Romance, Volume 6; A Century Too Soon (A Story‎^[2]:

     He laid his hard, rough hand assuringly on the shoulder of the frightened child and sought to soothe her fears.