"caressingly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From caressing + -ly.",
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          "ref": "1893, Francis Thompson, The Hound of Heaven, lines 178–9:",
          "text": "Is my gloom, after all,\nShade of His hand, outstretched caressingly?",
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          "ref": "1895, Thomas Hardy, chapter III, in Jude the Obscure:",
          "text": "\"You,\" he said, addressing the breeze caressingly \"were in Christminster city between one and two hours ago, floating along the streets, pulling round the weather-cocks, touching Mr. Phillotson's face, being breathed by him; and now you are here, breathed by me—you, the very same.\"",
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          "ref": "1942, Emily Carr, “Grown Up”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The mash grass, through which the Indian canoes had slithered so caressingly, turned harsh and brittle.",
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        "In a caressing manner; soothingly."
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          "text": "\"You,\" he said, addressing the breeze caressingly \"were in Christminster city between one and two hours ago, floating along the streets, pulling round the weather-cocks, touching Mr. Phillotson's face, being breathed by him; and now you are here, breathed by me—you, the very same.\"",
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          "ref": "1942, Emily Carr, “Grown Up”, in The Book of Small, Toronto, Ont.: Oxford University Press, →OCLC:",
          "text": "The mash grass, through which the Indian canoes had slithered so caressingly, turned harsh and brittle.",
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