Rewardingly

Part of speech: adverb

Definitions

1. In a way that leads to personal satisfaction from achieving positive results
2. Conducted in a manner that is gratifying and fosters beneficial outcomes
3. In a way that produces a sense of fulfillment and positive achievement

Etymology: "Rewardingly" is a plain formation: the adjective "rewarding" with the adverb suffix "-ly" added to it. The suffix traces back a long way. Its ancestor is a Proto-Germanic form "*-līkaz", built on a root meaning "body" or "form", so the idea behind it is something like "having the form or appearance of." Old English shortened this to "-līce", and Middle English reduced it to "-ly", the same ending found in countless adverbs such as "quickly" and "gladly." The adjective "rewarding" comes from the verb "reward", which entered English from Anglo-Norman "rewarder" (to regard or reward), itself tied to Old French "regarder", a word that also gave English "regard". So "rewardingly" carries the older sense of looking back at, or giving something in return for, an effort. The suffix does the grammatical work of turning the adjective into an adverb, describing how an action is done: something done rewardingly is done in a way that leaves the doer feeling its worth.

Synonyms: beneficially, profitably, advantageously, fruitfully, enrichingly

Antonyms: unrewardingly, detrimentally, disadvantageously, harmfully, nonbeneficially