Encouragingly

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Encouraging \En*cour"a*ging\, a.
     Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. --
     {En*cour"a*ging*ly}, adv.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  encouragingly
       adv : in an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to
             his student" [ant: {discouragingly}]