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   sup·port·ive

   /səˈpôrdiv/

   adjective

   • 1. providing encouragement or emotional help: "the staff are extremely supportive of each other" Similar encouragingcaringsympatheticreassuringunderstandingconcernedhelpfulnurturingsensitiveprotectivebenevolentkindkindlymaternalpaternalin favorapprovingproon the side offavorable tosympathetic toin sympathy withencouraging ofwell disposed tofavorably disposed toreceptive toresponsive toOpposite discouragingopposed to

   Derivatives

   • 1. supportively adverb
   • 2. supportiveness noun

   Scrabble Points: 17

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