Definition of "comfortingly" [comfortingly]

• In a comforting manner (adverb)

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• "So there we were, staring at a "comfortingly" expensive wine list, trying to decide which $200 bottle of wine to choose."
• "Virtually all the predictions about the death of old media have assumed a comfortingly long time frame for the end of print — the moment when, amid a panoply of flashing lights, press conferences, and elegiac reminiscences, the newspaper presses stop rolling and news goes entirely digital."
• "Anna smiled and patted Lisa comfortingly on the cheek."