rewardingly - Glite Dictionary

Examples

The former grows deeply, to 1.8 meters, but has rewardingly large tubers; the latter can be located at convenient, shallow depths.

Academic text (1993)
Whose interpretations of Blanchot, Kafka, Ponge, et al. are even more notoriously and rewardingly.

Academic text (1990)
After completing the project, the team felt rewardingly proud of their hard work.
She found the community service to be rewardingly fulfilling, as she helped many people.
The teacher's encouragement made the students feel rewardingly accomplished after their presentation.

Synonyms

pleasingly

vsrewardingly

3 3.4

In a way that makes someone feel happy

highlights benefit or accomplishment rather than mere agreeability

satisfyingly

vsrewardingly

1 3.4

In a pleasing way that makes you feel happy about the result

focuses on benefit or accomplishment beyond mere pleasure

enjoyably

vsrewardingly

1 1.3

In a pleasant way that gives pleasure

stresses lasting benefit or sense of achievement beyond fun

gratifyingly

vsrewardingly

1 5.7

In a way that feels pleasing and rewarding

emphasizes benefit or a sense of accomplishment not just pleasure

How Rewarding

rewardingly

5.6

gratifyingly

1 5.7

satisfyingly

1 3.4

Surface Forms

rewardingly positive

Morphology

rewardingly = rewarding (transparent) = reward + ing + ly

The adverb is formed by adding the productive adverbial suffix '-ly' to the adjective 'rewarding', so the meaning is directly predictable from the base.

Etymology

The word rewardingly comes from reward, which means 'something given for good work', plus the endings -ing and -ly that make it mean 'in a way that gives reward'. So, to do something rewardingly is to do it in a way that brings satisfaction or a sense of achievement.