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comforting

/ˈkʌm.fɚ.tɪŋ/ adjective C2
  1. Giving comfort, especially in the sense of soothing distress. · Your comforting words help ease my mind.· It's comforting to know that I've always got my Mum when things go wrong.
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This Job’s comforting seemed neither to offend nor to alarm Marilla.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 8 · C1
That is true but not especially comforting.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 270 · C1
Lynde isn’t exactly a comforting person sometimes, but there’s no doubt she says a great many very true things.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 251 · C1
But there is nothing comforting in having your hair cut off because you’ve dyed it a dreadful color, is there?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 217 · C1

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