'Encouragingly' definitions:
Definition of 'encouragingly'
(from WordNet)
adverb
In an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student" [ant: discouragingly]
Definition of 'Encouragingly'
From: GCIDE
- Encouraging \En*cour"a*ging\, a. Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- {En*cour"a*ging*ly}, adv. [1913 Webster]