Supportiveness
adjective
1.
giving support.
2.
providing sympathy or encouragement:
His family was supportive of his attempts to be a writer.
3.
providing additional help, information, etc.; auxiliary:
manufacturers of supportive materials.
4.
Medicine/Medical. helping to maintain a normal physiological balance, as by the intravenous administration of required nutriment.
adjective
1.
providing support, esp moral or emotional support
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