What does consolatorily mean?
Consolatorily means In a consolatory manner..
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In a consolatory manner..
2004, Veronica Buckley, Christina, Queen of Sweden, London: Fourth Estate, Part 1, “The Little Queen,” pp. 39-40, Of the younger Oxenstierna brother, Gabriel Gustavsson, now High Steward, she writes that he was well liked and well spoken, but in the natural way of the Swedes, without the burden of much erudition, since he had “only a smattering of Latin.” But he was, she adds consolatorily, “a very good man.”
It required an effort to be perfectly composed, at a simily which I imagine has never been used in the Greek language since the days of Medea; but I cast down my eyes, and said consolatorily, “It is difficult to do justice to such men as Pericles and Polus.”
Use consolatorily when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Consolatorily means In a consolatory manner..
Common synonyms include comfortingly, consolingly.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
2004, Veronica Buckley, Christina, Queen of Sweden, London: Fourth Estate, Part 1, “The Little Queen,” pp. 39-40, Of the younger Oxenstierna brother, Gabriel Gustavsson, now High Steward, she writes that he was well liked and well spoken, but in the natural way of the Swedes, without the burden of much erudition, since he had “only a smattering of Latin.” But he was, she adds consolatorily, “a very good man.”
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