promising

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Likely to develop in a desirable manner. adjective …☝️ Source: The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition (view on wordnik.com)
Giving promise; affording just expectations of good; affording reasonable ground of hope for the future; looking as if likely to turn out well: as, a promising youth; a promising prospect. …☝️ Source: The Century Dictionary (view on wordnik.com)
Making a promise or promises; affording hope or assurance adjective …☝️ Source: The GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English (view on wordnik.com)
Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion. adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
Encouraging and inspiring confidence. adjective …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
Present participle of promise. verb …☝️ Source: Wiktionary (view on wordnik.com)
showing possibility of achievement or excellence adjective …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
full or promise adjective …☝️ Source: WordNet 3.0 (view on wordnik.com)
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"showing signs of future excellence," c. 1600, present participle adjective from promise (v.). Related: Promisingly.1600