PROMISINGLY Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

promisingly

adverb

as in favorably

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Recent Examples of promisingly The film opens very promisingly though with a much more up to date takeoff on this year’s Best Picture Oscar winner, One Battle After Another in the form of Teyana Taylor sitting at a bar playing her sassy self, shouting Viva Le Revolution! — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 4 June 2026 Gray threw six innings on 78 pitches, allowed one run with two hits and one walk, and most promisingly struck out a season-high six batters. — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 14 May 2026 To be fair, things start promisingly enough, instantly raising the pulses with a dramatic seabound scene where Claflin’s dashing sailor Edmond Dantès — at the behest of his dying captain — must navigate their ship through a violent storm. — Jon O'Brien, IndieWire, 19 Mar. 2026 The 22-year-old, who had his first international call-up last year, has had a mixed spell in Yorkshire, having started promisingly before a three-game ban after being sent off for a dangerous challenge in a 3-1 defeat by Barnsley at the end of August. — Elias Burke, New York Times, 6 Jan. 2026 The match started out promisingly for Capistrano Valley Christian (14-22-1) when McKenzie Meserve opened the first set serving three consecutive aces. — Lou Ponsi, Oc Register, 23 Nov. 2025 Peter Hedges’s drama about a young recovering addict (Lucas Hedges) coming back unannounced to his family starts off promisingly, with Roberts’s supportive but wary character trying to manage her complicated feelings about her son’s return. — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2025 More promisingly, grocery inflation looks to have peaked as well, with August’s release seeing the first deceleration since January. — John Choong, Forbes.com, 1 Sep. 2025 The year didn't start promisingly. — Chris Foran, jsonline.com, 30 Aug. 2025

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More Democratic voters view socialism favorably than those who say the same of capitalism, 66 percent to 42.

— James Kirchick, The Atlantic, 21 July 2026
The unity shown in Ankara will only stimulate additional doubts over Moscow’s capacity to end the conflict favorably.

— Ihor N. Stelmach, Hartford Courant, 19 July 2026

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But unlike the scramble to rescue coral babies a few years back, these corals were still perfectly healthy.

— Alex Harris July 23, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
Pushing up, squeezing play and trying to regain the ball in advanced positions is a perfectly viable and often successful strategy, particularly when treated as a useful add-on to quality in possession.

— Michael Cox, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of perfectly

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Analysts say big changes are needed if Volkswagen is to properly compete with Chinese EV makers, which typically benefit from lower labor costs.

— Hanna Ziady, CNN Money, 24 July 2026
Then in February, a state appeals court repealed the ruling, saying the lawsuit was not properly served.

— ABC News, ABC News, 23 July 2026

Definition of properly

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If the trial court decides that the movant was simply dilatory or lazy, the trial court could rightly decide that good cause does not exist to allow the late filing of the special motion.

— Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Christopher Nolan has been rightly praised, as a director, for his unparalleled commitment to practical effects and rightly criticized, as a screenwriter, for an attendantly labored approach to story.

— Paul A. Thompson, Pitchfork, 21 July 2026

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