Webster's 1828 Dictionary

ENCOURAGING

ppr. Inspiring with hope and confidence; exciting courage. 1. Furnishing ground to hope for success; as an encouraging prospect.

 

ENCOURAGINGLY

adv. In a manner to give courage, or hope of success.

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

ENCOURAGING

ENCOURAGING En *cour "a *ging, a.

 

Defn: Furnishing ground to hope; inspiriting; favoring. -- En *cour "a *ging *ly, adv.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

encouraging

en cour ag ing |enˈkərijiNG | ▶adjective giving someone support or confidence; supportive: she gave me an encouraging smile. • positive and giving hope for future success; promising: the results are very encouraging. DERIVATIVES en cour ag ing ly adverb [ sentence adverb ] : encouragingly, there is more research being done today | [ as submodifier ] : the level of activity continues to be encouragingly high

 

Oxford Dictionary

encouraging

en |cour ¦aging |ɛŋˈkʌrɪdʒɪŋ | ▶adjective giving someone support or confidence; supportive: she gave me an encouraging smile. • positive and giving hope for future success; promising: the results are very encouraging. DERIVATIVES encouragingly adverb [ as sentence adverb ] : encouragingly, there is more research being done today | [ as submodifier ] : the level of activity continues to be encouragingly high

 

American Oxford Thesaurus

encouraging

encouraging adjective 1 an encouraging start: promising, hopeful, auspicious, propitious, favorable, bright, rosy; heartening, reassuring, cheering, comforting, welcome, pleasing, gratifying. 2 my parents were very encouraging: supportive, understanding, helpful; positive, responsive, enthusiastic, boosterish.

 

Oxford Thesaurus

encouraging

encouraging adjective 1 the Scottish team made an encouraging start: promising, hopeful, auspicious, propitious, favourable, bright, rosy, cheerful, full of promise; heartening, reassuring, stimulating, inspiring, uplifting, cheering, comforting, welcome, pleasing, gratifying. ANTONYMS discouraging. 2 my parents were very encouraging: supportive, reassuring, affirmative, sympathetic, sensitive, understanding, helpful; positive, responsive, enthusiastic, appreciative. ANTONYMS unsupportive.

 

Sanseido Wisdom Dictionary

encouraging

en cour ag ing /ɪnkə́ːrɪdʒɪŋ |-kʌ́r -/→encourage 形容詞 more ～; most ～〖通例be ～〗〈物 事が 〉元気 [勇気 ]づける , 励みとなる (↔discouraging ).～ly 副詞 元気づけるように, 激励して .