When by and by she felt him slip a little as he began to lose himself in sleep, she clasped her hands around him supportingly and held him in place.
"Aurora the Magnificent"
Gertrude Hall
Then the bright color faded away, and alarmed at the pallor which succeeded it, Irving Stanley passed his arm supportingly around her, asking if she were faint.
"Bad Hugh"
Mary Jane Holmes
Women, having to encounter a male adept at the weapon for the purpose, must be either voluble or supportingly proud to keep the skin from shrinking: which is a commencement of the retrogression; and that has frequently been the beginning of a rout.
"The Complete Project Gutenberg Works of George Meredith"
George Meredith