relieving

English

Etymology

From relieve + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈliːvɪŋ/

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Verb

relieving

1. present participle and gerund of relieve

Adjective

relieving (comparative more relieving, superlative most relieving)

1. That brings relief. [from 16th c.]
   • 1977, Alistair Horne, A Savage War of Peace, New York: Review Books, published 2006, page 24:

     Like a weary insomniac, France too greeted the relieving dawn chiefly longing for one thing only – repose.

Derived terms

• relievingly
• unrelieving

Noun

relieving (plural relievings)

1. (archaic) A change in colour, texture, etc. that relieves monotony.
   • 1850, George Field, Rudiments of the Painters' Art, page 68:

     Purple flowers are commonly contrasted with centres or variegations of bright yellow, as blue flowers are with like relievings of orange […]

   • 1855, Arthur's Illustrated Home Magazine, volume 5, page 42:

     The light—divested of its aching brilliancy, lies sweetly upon the floor, checkered as that old man's life, in its quaint, yet charming relievings of shadow.

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