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motivationally

motivationally

4.9
In a way that encourages someone to try or keep going
  • adverb
  • /ˌmoʊtɪˈveɪʃənəli/
translation icon : motivacionalmente
  • Realistic challenging goals are considered motivationally superior to the use of unrealistic goals because goals that are unreachable will result in continuing failure.

And a way to think about it is self deception is motivationally biased false belief.

Examples

  • If experimental situations in social psychology are motivationally sterile, then the results may not apply to situations where more powerful motivators are operative.

    Academic text (1991)
  • Moreover, as we try to help you advance both educationally and motivationally, we focus on the following three levels of professional consideration.

    Academic text (2009)
  • "That shows that the task was motivationally important to people," Quartz says.

    Blog text (18)
  • Without motivationally driven testing, discoveries remain undiscovered.

    Academic text (2004)
  • We also imbue our programs with an enthusiasm and quality that aim to advance every NEHA member motivationally.

    Academic text (2009)
  • Self-regulated learners are those who are "metacognitively, motivationally, and behaviorally active participants in their own learning process."

    Academic text (2012)
  • The avid fans, more so than the casual listeners, viewed the music educationally and motivationally.

    Academic text (2007)
  • The current collective pedagogical recommendation is for the promotion of mastery goals because it is assumed that this type of goal orientation better equips the sport participant to "motivationally cope" with the traumas of the sport setting.

    Academic text (2000)
  • The speaker motivated the audience motivationally by sharing inspiring success stories.

  • Teachers often encourage students motivationally through positive reinforcement and constructive feedback.

Synonyms

persuasively
vsmotivationally
7 3.7

In a way that convinces people to believe or do something

relies more on prompting action by inner drive than on logical belief
encouragingly
vsmotivationally
3 3.2

In a way that gives someone more confidence or hope

is aimed more at prompting immediate action than just giving confidence
compellingly
vsmotivationally
3 4.8

In a way that makes people pay close attention and believe it

is more about creating an inner push to act than attracting attention
inspirationally
vsmotivationally
1 6.0

In a way that makes people feel hopeful and want to act

focuses more on prompting action than on inner feeling
inspiringly
vsmotivationally
1 4.1

In a way that makes people feel hopeful and want to try

leans more toward prompting specific action than raising general enthusiasm
stimulatingly
vsmotivationally
5.5

In a way that makes people more interested or excited

is more about prompting action rather than only increasing interest

Antonyms

In a way that makes people lose confidence or interest

How Motivating

inspiringly
1 4.1
motivationally
4.9
passively
18 3.7

Surface Forms

motivationally positive

Morphology

motivationally = motivational (transparent) = motivate + ion + al + ly

The adverbial form is directly derived from the adjective 'motivational'.

Etymology

Motivationally comes from the verb motivate, which comes from the old Latin root movere meaning 'to move', and it is like the simple word move. So to act motivationally is to speak or behave in a way that 'moves' people to act or try harder.