lullingly

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

lulling +‎ -ly

Adverb[edit]

lullingly (comparative more lullingly, superlative most lullingly)

  1. In a way that lulls; soothingly.
    • 2007 July 29, Lawrence Downes, “The Pope Reopens a Portal to Eternity, via the 1950s”, in New York Times[1]:
      It becomes as lullingly familiar as a weekly drive to a relative’s house: opening prayers like quick turns though local streets, long freeway stretches of readings, homily and Eucharistic prayers, the quietude of communion and then — thanks be to God — the final blessing, a song and home to pancakes and the Sunday comics.