Cheerfully encouraging.
synonym: heartening.
Roget 836:
cheerful;
happy
etc.
827;
cheery,
cheerly†;
of good cheer,
smiling;
blithe;
in spirits,
in good spirits;
breezy,
bully,
chipper [U.S.];
in high spirits,
in high feather;
happy as the day is long,
happy as a king;
gay as a lark;
allegro;
debonair;
light,
lightsome,
light hearted;
buoyant,
debonnaire,
bright,
free and easy,
airy;
janty†,
jaunty,
canty†;
hedonic†;
riant†;
sprightly,
sprightful†;
spry;
spirited,
spiritful†;
lively,
animated,
vivacious;
brisk as a bee;
sparkling,
sportive;
full of play,
full of spirit;
all alive.
sunny,
palmy;
hopeful
etc.
858.
merry as a cricket,
merry as a grig†,
merry as a marriage bell;
joyful,
joyous,
jocund,
jovial;
jolly as a thrush,
jolly as a sandboy†;
blithesome;
gleeful,
gleesome†;
hilarious,
rattling.
winsome,
bonny,
hearty,
buxom.
playful,
playsome†;
folatre [Fr.],
playful as a kitten,
tricksy†,
frisky,
frolicsome;
gamesome;
jocose,
jocular,
waggish;
mirth loving,
laughter-loving;
mirthful,
rollicking.
elate,
elated;
exulting,
jubilant,
flushed;
rejoicing
etc.
838;
cock-a-hoop.
cheering,
inspiriting,
exhilarating;
cardiac,
cardiacal†;
pleasing
etc.
829;
palmy.
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Roget 858:
hoping
etc.
v.;
in hopes
etc.
n.;
hopeful,
confident;
secure
etc.
(certain)
484;
sanguine,
in good heart,
buoyed up,
buoyant,
elated,
flushed,
exultant,
enthusiastic;
heartsome†;
utopian.
unsuspecting,
unsuspicious;
fearless,
free from fear,
free from suspicion,
free from distrust,
free from despair,
exempt from fear,
exempt from suspicion,
exempt from distrust,
exempt from despair;
undespairing†,
self reliant.
probable,
on the high road to;
within sight of shore,
within sight of land;
promising,
propitious;
of promise,
full of promise;
of good omen;
auspicious,
de bon augure [Fr.];
reassuring;
encouraging,
cheering,
inspiriting,
looking up,
bright,
roseate,
couleur de rose [Fr.],
rose-colored.
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