gratifyingly

English

Etymology

gratifying +‎ -ly

Adverb

gratifyingly (comparative more gratifyingly, superlative most gratifyingly)

1. 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.