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