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encouraging
2 ENTRIES FOUND:
encouraging
(adjective)
encourage
(verb)
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encouraging
/ɪn
ˈ
kɚrɪʤɪŋ/
adjective
encouraging
/ɪn
ˈ
kɚrɪʤɪŋ/
adjective
Learner's definition of ENCOURAGING
[
more encouraging; most encouraging
]
:
causing a hopeful feeling
We've just heard some
encouraging
news.
an
encouraging
smile
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opposite
discouraging
— encouragingly
adverb
She smiled
encouragingly
at the new student.
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