gratifyingly

adv

gratifyingly

adv

Etymology From gratifying + -ly.

1

In a manner that gratifies.

The performance was gratifyingly well-attended.
[T]hey were available at prices his customers considered gratifyingly reasonable.1965, James Holledge, What Makes a Call Girl?, London: Horwitz Publications, page 85:

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