Motivatingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. Providing inspiration or encouragement that drives someone to take action or pursue goals
2. Serving as a source of impetus that energizes individuals toward achieving their objectives or aspirations
3. Acting in a manner that stimulates enthusiasm or determination, urging others to strive for success

Etymology: "Motivatingly" is "motivating" plus the adverbial suffix "-ly", and "motivating" is the present participle of "motivate", which English formed in the 1600s. "Motivate" was built from the noun "motive", which came into English in the late 1300s from Old French "motif" and ultimately from medieval Latin "motivus", "moving", from Latin "movere", "to move". So the word's core idea is physical movement: a motive was originally whatever sets a thing in motion, and only later came to mean the internal reason that sets a person moving. "Motivate" itself appeared in English around the mid-1800s, with "motivation" following shortly after, and the verb's sense of prompting someone to act was well established by then. "Motivatingly" is a much later, plainly derived form, used mostly in modern writing about work, teaching and self-help. It has no separate history beyond the suffix attached to "motivating".

Synonyms: inspiringly, encouragingly

Antonyms: discouragingly, unmotivatingly