Definitions for heartening
heart·en·ing

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1. heartening, inspiritingadjective

   cheerfully encouraging

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1. hearteningadjective

   cheerfully encouraging

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1. heartening

   Heartening refers to the act of inspiring, encouraging, uplifting, or boosting someone's morale or spirits. It boosts a person's confidence and gives them hope or courage to face a particular situation.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of heartening in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of heartening in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of heartening in a Sentence

1. Ashley Bloomfield:

   Ardern said. Modeling suggests that we will still see more positive cases. At this stage, though, its heartening to see them in one cluster. Bloomfield said he expected that sooner or later the new cases would be linked to somebody who had arrived in the country with an infection or a worker at a quarantine facility, airport or maritime port. At the moment we havent established a direct connection.

2. Christy Goldfuss:

   I think everyone is disappointed to see that Alaska was included at all in the options, however it is incredibly heartening that there is no preferred alternative here, and the no drilling option for the first time we can see is on par with the other options, usually the no action alternative is done pro forma, but here they give it consideration.

3. Shigeki Takaya:

   While the government has given its support to the implementation of scientific research into whales, it is heartening to see that the law clarifies its position even further.

4. Chrissy Houlahan:

   For me, it is heartening. It is validating, it feels like I am part of a posse of people who have gotten into races for the right reasons.

5. Mouaz Moustafa:

   It is heartening to see Republicans and Democrats in the House and Senate coming together to stand against the ongoing genocidal massacres by Assad, Iran and Russia against Syrian civilians, this is the most powerful legislation aimed at civilian protection to ever pass Congress since the start of the peaceful uprising in Caesar Syria.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=heartening
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Heartening
3. ^ ChatGPT
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4. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=heartening