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soothingly
adverb as in mildly
Example Sentences
There was no more aggression, and I even heard one of the men, in poor English, say soothingly that we were safe.
The gust of perfumed air, laden with the rich aroma of fresh-mown hay, is soothingly invigorating.
"Huh," grunted Mollie, as she flung herself upon Old Nick's back and patted him soothingly.
He turned away, while Thyrsis and the young nurse held Corydon's hand and whispered to her soothingly.
I nodded soothingly to him, and then asked him to talk no more; for I knew that fever would soon come on.
"Whoa, Bob," he said soothingly, and one of them whinnied back in response as if glad to know that a human being was near.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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