Definition of "comforting" []

• Giving comfort. (adjective)
• Present participle of comfort. (verb)

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• "Recalling how good she was in comforting Sally, Don tells Megan he'll double her salary if she comes to California with him and the kids, which of course she will."
• "He spends his days atOmniLink in comforting monotony, facilitating the movement of product around thecountry, faxing, copying, joking with his best friend, Clark (Samm Levine), andharmlessly flirting with fellow cubicle-mate, Amy (Angela Bettis)."
• "Indeed, we saw it happening from the first trailer which was itself a studied exercise in comforting the confused and afraid fans."