It was just such a stick as the old-fashioned family practitioner used to carry—dignified, solid, and reassuring.
Arthur Conan Doyle, The Hound of Baskervilles
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Dictionary
Merriam-Webster
— restoring or intended to restore confidence : reducing or eliminating worry or uncertainty
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Macmillan
— making you feel less worried
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Other Word Forms
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Usage
1 use of ‘reassuring’ in The Hound of the Baskervilles, by Arthur Conan Doyle