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Chan-Seung Lee

Joined: 03 Dec 2005
Posts: 1032

Posted: Mon Oct 19, 2009 11:14 pm Post subject: comfortingly

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In traditional societies, high status may have been extremely hard to acquire, but it was also comfortingly hard to lose.

1.What does 'comfortingly' mean?
2.What word can it be replaced with?

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bakum123

Joined: 20 Aug 2004
Posts: 44

Posted: Tue Oct 20, 2009 4:53 am Post subject:

It means "fortunately" I think, so it can be substitute for "comfortingly".

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