gratifyingly

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adverb

In a manner that gratifies.

“The performance was gratifyingly well-attended.”

Scrabble 23

Meanings

adverbgratifyingly (comparative more gratifyingly, superlative most gratifyingly)

comparative more gratifyingly · superlative most gratifyingly

  1. In a manner that gratifies.

    The performance was gratifyingly well-attended.

    1 more example

    [T]hey were available at prices his customers considered gratifyingly reasonable.

    1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 85

Synonyms & antonyms

adverbin a gratifying manner

Also see

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

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Chicago

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