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encouraged

/ɪŋˈkɝɪd͡ʒd/ adjective B1
  1. Having been given hope or encouragement.
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Alice did not feel encouraged to ask any more questions about it, so she turned to the Mock Turtle, and said “What else had you to learn?”
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, p. 74 · B2
You don’t know how that encouraged me.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 172 · C1
I felt so encouraged when I heard that.
Anne of Green Gables, p. 209 · C1
Is it very wicked of me, Marilla, to feel encouraged when I hear that other people have been bad and mischievous?
Anne of Green Gables, p. 209 · C1

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