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- r in a soothing manner
the mother talked soothingly to her child
- Then, says the Pentagon soothingly, the accidental launch could never have occurred; safety procedures for nuclear-armed missiles are much more complex.
- Coleman, while decrying the spread of federal power, talked soothingly of bringing "peace and tranquilly.
- When NATO holds its last summit of the Bush presidency in December, the symbolic language may remain soothingly supportive of membership for Georgia, but don't expect to see it .