Coachingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Acting in a manner that provides guidance or support to improve someone's skills or performance
2. Delivering advice or instruction in a way that enhances understanding and personal growth
3. Engaging in a method of facilitating learning through encouragement and personalized feedback

Etymology: "Coachingly" is "coaching" plus the adverb suffix "-ly". "Coaching" comes from "coach," which in English dates from the 1500s and originally named a horse-drawn carriage. The vehicle is named after "Kocs," a town in Hungary where such carriages were reportedly built, and the term reached English through German, French, or Italian forms, the route being uncertain in detail. The move from carriage to teacher happened at Oxford and Cambridge in the mid-1800s, where students slang called a tutor who "carried" a pupil through an exam a "coach." The metaphor is that the tutor conveyed the student past the examiners, much as a coach conveys passengers to a destination. The sense of training an athlete or performer followed later in the 19th century. Adding "-ly" to a noun-based participle like "coaching" gives the adverb, so "coachingly" describes doing something in the manner of a coach, offering helpful guidance. It is a comparatively rare word, and dictionaries record it mainly from the 20th century onward.

Synonyms: instructionally, guidingly, mentoringly, advisingly, tutorly