supportive
adjective
giving support.
supportively
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a word derived from
supportive.
Example Sentences
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A therapist’s role is to ask questions and supportively help clients explore ways of navigating relationships with friends, family, co-workers and, most important, themselves in a way that aligns with their own personal goals.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 26, 2026
Suspected substance misuse is best addressed supportively and empathetically by people trained to do so.
From Seattle Times ● May 17, 2023
Safety mode, which automatically blocks abusive accounts, was blocking some accounts sharing hate - but it was also, in error, blocking users who were posting supportively.
From BBC ● Mar. 20, 2023
Cast members catch and cradle one another, dance for one another in the center of circles, usually supportively but once in stylized combat.
From New York Times ● Aug. 12, 2022
That is, to replace its interweaving but independent voices with a more unified, streamlined sound, with the keyboard and cello locked together supportively, underpinning the sparring interplay of the two violins above them.
From "The Story of Music" by Howard Goodall
