encouragingly

1. 1.

   in an encouraging manner

   “`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student”

   Antonymsdiscouragingly

Questions about encouragingly

What does encouragingly mean?

encouragingly means "in an encouraging manner".

How many syllables are in encouragingly?

encouragingly has 5 syllables: en-cou-ra-gin-gly. The stress falls on "ra".

What is the opposite of encouragingly?

The recorded antonyms are discouragingly.

Is encouragingly a common word?

encouragingly is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.