encouraging, adj.
giving courage or confidence or hope
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encouraging
sample sentences
"encouraging advances in medical research"
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furnishing support and encouragement
<adj.all> freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 2
encouraging supporting
sample sentences
"the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
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