promisingly

promise /'prɒmÇs/ n

၁။ [C]~ (of sth) ကတိ။ keep/ make/ break/ go back on a promise ❍ extract a promise from sb ❍ The government failed to keep its election promise of more arts funding. ❍ (ironic )‘I'll never come and see you again. ’ ‘Is that a promise?’
၂။ [U] အလားအလာ။ Her work/ She shows great promise. ❍ He failed to fulfil his early promise.
၃။ [U, sing] ~ of sth အလားအလာ။ အတိတ်နိမိတ်။ a promise of future happiness ❍ The day dawned bright and clear with the promise of warmth and sunshine.
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၁။ ~ sth (to sb) ကတိပေးသည်။ ကတိပြုသည်။ အာမဘန္တေ ခံသည်။ I can't promise, but I'll do my best. ❍ The president has promised a thorough investigation into the affair. ❍ The promised aid was not forthcoming. ❍ He promised to help me. ❍ You've got to promise not to tell anyone. ❍ I have promised myself a quiet weekend. ❍ She promised her grandson an ice-cream if he stopped crying. ❍ I can't lend you my bike— I've promised it to Sally. ❍ She promised me (that) she would be there. ❍ ‘Promise you won't forget!’ ‘I promise. ’
၂။ အလားအလာ ရှိသည်။ အတိတ်နိမိတ်ပြသည်။ The clouds promised rain. ❍ It promises to be warm this afternoon.
❏ I (can) promise you [IDM ] (infml ) စိတ်ချပါ။ တကယ်ပါ။ You'll really enjoy it, I promise you. ❍ If you don't stop messing around, you'll regret it, I promise you!
❏ promise (sb) the earth/ moon [IDM ] (infml) မစားရ ဝခမန်း မျှော်လင့်ချက်ပေးသည်။ Politicians promise the earth before an election, but things are different once they are in power.
❏ the promised land n [sing] သုခဘုံ။ reach the promised land of social equality.
❏ promising adj (က) အလားအလာကောင်းသော။ a promising newcomer ❍ He was voted the most promising young pianist of 1993.
(ခ) အလားအလာကောင်းသော။ The weather doesn't look too promising. ❍ ‘I've been called for a second interview. ’ ‘That sounds promising. ’ ❍ His cough is better now, so that's a promising sign.
❏ promisingly adv ပွဲဦးထွက် (ကောင်းပြီးမှ)။ The day started promisingly enough, but by lunchtime it began to rain.