The prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Verb (used with object), : His praise reassured me. From Dictionary.com.
The rancher called reassuringly, 'That last was a perfect kill. From Wordnik.com. [Mexico]
"Hen will have had his supper," she called reassuringly, "and we'll bring you a doggie bag.". From Wordnik.com. [Working Murder]
"It's all right," the boy called reassuringly over his shoulder into the cave. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Ours]
These are men whose day-to-day professional style might best be described as reassuringly blah. From Wordnik.com. [The undoing of flash, dash and dignity] Reference
" "It's all right," the boy called reassuringly over his shoulder into the cave. From Wordnik.com. [The Stars Are Ours]
Varney called reassuringly into the gloom: "I sincerely beg your pardon for bursting in like that. From Wordnik.com. [Captivating Mary Carstairs] Reference
"It was quite an accident," said Trix reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Antony Gray,—Gardener] Reference
The boys laughed, but the girls answered reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
He has a reform agenda that seems reassuringly moderate. From Wordnik.com. [Our Man In Haiti] Reference
"It's all right!" cried the young inventor reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Tom Swift and His Motor-Cycle, or, Fun and Adventures on the Road] Reference
"Don't look so upset, Esther," he whispered reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
To me too it felt reassuringly, and alarmingly, like home. From Wordnik.com. [Building a Jerusalem in Zimbabwe's green and pleasant land] Reference
The doctor smiled and clapped him on the back reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
"I'm goin 'to be right here," Penrod answered reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Short Stories of Various Types] Reference
"Weep not, woman, nor fear thou death," he said reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Coming of the King] Reference
"The little ones usually do the best," she says reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [A new mum again ... at 48!] Reference
Hopwood will only steal Peter's things, 'he added reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Peter and Jane or The Missing Heir] Reference
"I'll tell you what we'll do," Katherine suggested reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
"Not for a long time if at all, Momsey," he replied reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour] Reference
"Oh we won't want it all day," James, Jr., returned reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Campfire Girls at Twin Lakes The Quest of a Summer Vacation] Reference
For the coolest kids on the scene, they're reassuringly vulnerable. From Wordnik.com. [The xx: Switching Roles In Song] Reference
"Oh, he'll be here almost any minute now," said Allen reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Outdoor Girls in Army Service Or, doing their bit for the soldier boys] Reference
Again, he must have divined my thoughts, for he said reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Motor Pirate] Reference
She pressed the quivering little hand reassuringly and rose to her feet. From Wordnik.com. [Golden Days for Boys and Girls Volume XIII, No. 51: November 12, 1892] Reference
"It is not your day to die," a village elder mutters to us, reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [It's Like 'War Of The Worlds'] Reference
One day, he leaves the companionably cluttered, reassuringly dusty house. From Wordnik.com. [Spring Unleashes Inner Mr(s). Clean] Reference
He reassuringly predicted that the disease would nm its course in a month. From Wordnik.com. [The Plaque Of Panic] Reference
"It's all settled, Marcia, with no names mentioned," she said reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Marjorie Dean, High School Freshman] Reference
"Oh, Audrey's picnics aren't like other people's," rejoined Sara reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [The Hermit of Far End] Reference
Someone else in the room released her hand gently from his smiling reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Letting Go.] Reference
“Sure … if you can trust your secrets to a vampire,” I grinned reassuringly. From Wordnik.com. [Broken Symmetry] Reference
Here father-knows-best patriarchy is seen as reassuringly orderly, and tyrannical. From Wordnik.com. ['Bigger Than Life': A Subversive Suburban Surprise] Reference
A guard lightly tapped her on the shoulder reassuringly as she slipped into death. From Wordnik.com. [Teresa Lewis, Mentally Disabled Woman, Executed In Virginia Amid Outcry] Reference
Then they touched each other reassuringly, and crossed themselves and were silent again. From Wordnik.com. [The Royal Pawn of Venice A Romance of Cyprus] Reference
Paul took his place at the manager's side, waving his hand reassuringly to Ruth and Alice. From Wordnik.com. [The Moving Picture Girls at Rocky Ranch Or, Great Days Among the Cowboys] Reference
For an instant she stuck her head into the bedroom door, to say reassuringly to her patient. From Wordnik.com. [Juggernaut] Reference
The man smiled reassuringly and slipped his hand, as a child might, into that of the old man. From Wordnik.com. [The Bishop of Cottontown A Story of the Southern Cotton Mills] Reference
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