Definition of "caressingly" [ca•ress•ing•ly]

• In a caressing manner; soothingly. (adverb)

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• "The delivery is often uninflected, and sometimes perverse: the "hell-kite" Macbeth is described as caressingly as if he were a turtle dove."
• "He took it out and called caressingly to the innocent child, who ran to him with all the faith of babyhood."
• "For instance, he used unorthodox expressive markings, such as "caressingly," "velvet-like" and "luminously," which, in his later works, altogether replaced actual tempo indications."