gratifyingly
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Mr. Järvi led a scorching performance, with the orchestra and both choruses gratifyingly unconstrained.
From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 27, 2025
One late-season episode gratifyingly breaks the mold, centering on an overly eager elementary school apple-polisher who . . . well, let’s not spoil it.
From Salon • May 8, 2025
To Walter Kerr, also writing in The Times, she was “that cousin of bullfrogs and consort of weary gods,” described as “discreet, dangerous … and gratifyingly funny.”
From New York Times • Jan. 4, 2024
In “Poor Things,” liberation sets in gratifyingly early, and Lanthimos follows it through to its strange, thrilling, not-at-all-logical conclusion.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 7, 2023
This seemed gratifyingly macho, and I examined it with interest, as if it were a rare mineral.
From "A Walk in the Woods" by Bill Bryson
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