encouraging (a)

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type a
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def giving courage or confidence or hope
examples encouraging advances in medical research
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Also see helpful; hopeful; reassuring
Antonym encouraging → discouraging
Similar to exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory; heartening, inspiriting; promotive; rallying
Incoming links
Also see reassuring; helpful; hopeful
Similar to exhortative, exhortatory, hortative, hortatory; heartening, inspiriting; promotive; rallying
Antonym discouraging → encouraging
Derived from adjective encouragingly → encouraging

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