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Wordnet 3.0

ADVERB (1)

1. in an encouraging manner;
- Example: "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student"


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Encouraging \En*cour"a*ging\, a. Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En*cour"a*ging*ly, adv. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

encouragingly adv 1: in an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student" [ant: discouragingly]