Synonyms of promisingly

promisingly

adverb

as in favorably

Related Words

• favorably
• auspiciously
• perfectly
• properly
• rightly
• correctly
• appropriately
• suitably
• well
• fittingly
• right
• aright

Dissimilar Words

• badly
• awry
• afield
• astray
• wrong
• wrongly
• incorrectly
• inappropriately
• improperly
• mistakenly
• amiss
• faultily

Example Sentences

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