"confirmingly" meaning in English

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  "etymology_text": "From confirming + -ly.",
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          "ref": "1994, Anne Provoost, My Aunt is a Pilot Whale, page 153:",
          "text": "“There's quite a variety of whales here,” Robert said. Gerd nodded confirmingly.",
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          "ref": "2004, Alan Hollinghurst, chapter 5, in The Line of Beauty […], 1st US edition, New York, N.Y.: Bloomsbury Publishing, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Gerald played along and said, “Hello, Barry,” and not only seized his hand but covered it confirmingly with his other hand, as if he was canvassing […]",
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        "So as to confirm; in a confirming manner."
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