reassuringly

1. 1.

   in a reassuring manner

   “the prime minister pointed reassuringly to the silence of the British press”

Questions about reassuringly

What does reassuringly mean?

reassuringly means "in a reassuring manner".

How many syllables are in reassuringly?

reassuringly has 5 syllables: re-as-su-rin-gly. The stress falls on "su". In IPA it is /ɹiəˈʃɝɪŋli/.

Is reassuringly a common word?

reassuringly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.