Antonyms of adv encouragingly

1 sense of encouragingly

Sense 1
encouragingly -- (in an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student")
       Antonym of discouragingly (Sense 1)
      => discouragingly -- (in a discouraging manner; "the failure rate on the bar exam is discouragingly high")

Synonyms of adv encouragingly

1 sense of encouragingly

Sense 1
encouragingly -- (in an encouraging manner; "`Go on,' he said encouragingly to his student")