gratifyingly
English edit
Etymology edit
gratifying + -ly
Adverb edit
gratifyingly (comparative more gratifyingly, superlative most gratifyingly)
- In a manner that gratifies.
- The performance was gratifyingly well-attended.
- 1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 85:
- [T]hey were available at prices his customers considered gratifyingly reasonable.