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caressing

American  
[kuh-res-ing] / kəˈrɛs ɪŋ /

adjective

  1. gently touching, patting, or stroking a person or thing to show affection.

    She stroked my face—temple, cheek, chin, and then up the other side in a caressing, sweeping gesture.

  2. touching or seeming to touch a person or thing lightly and in a way that calms or soothes.

    Over and over again, I repeated the figures until they became a caressing swash of sound inside my head and hummed me finally to sleep.

Other Word Forms

  • caressingly adverb
  • uncaressing adjective
  • uncaressingly adverb

Etymology

Origin of caressing

caress ( def. ) + -ing 2 ( def. )

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