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Wordnet 3.0

ADJECTIVE (1)

1. affording comfort or solace;
[syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consolatory \Con*sol"a*to*ry\, a. [L. consolatorius.] Of a consoling or comforting nature. [1913 Webster] The punishment of tyrants is a noble and awful act of justice; and it has with truth been said to be consolatory to the human mind. --Burke. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Consolatory \Con*sol"a*to*ry\, n. That which consoles; a speech or writing intended for consolation. [R.] --Milton. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

consolatory adj 1: affording comfort or solace [syn: comforting, consolatory, consoling]