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giving courage or confidence or hope; "encouraging advances in medical research"
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discouraging depriving of confidence or hope or enthusiasm and hence often deterring action; "where never is heard a discouraging word"
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helpful providing assistance or serving a useful function
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hopeful having or manifesting hope; "a line of people hopeful of obtaining tickets"; "found a hopeful way of attacking the problem"
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reassuring restoring confidence and relieving anxiety; "a very reassuring remark"
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exhortative,
exhortatory,
hortative,
hortatory giving strong encouragement
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heartening,
inspiriting cheerfully encouraging
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promotive tending to further or encourage
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furnishing support and encouragement; "the anxious child needs supporting and accepting treatment from the teacher"
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