supportive

supportive
/seuh pawr"tiv, -pohr"-/, adj.
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. Med. helping to maintain a normal physiological balance, as by the intravenous administration of required nutriment.
[1585-95; SUPPORT + -IVE]

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