different between promising vs promisingly

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promising (comparative more promising, superlative most promising)

Showing promise, and likely to develop in a desirable fashion.
a promising young apprentice
Encouraging and inspiring confidence.

promising

promising (plural promisings)

The act of making a promise.
- 1992, Judith Jarvis Thomson, The Realm of Rights (page 299)
  So it cannot be supposed that promisings differ from other word-givings in that a word-giver makes a promise only if he or she uses the locution "I promise".

promising +? -ly

promisingly (comparative more promisingly, superlative most promisingly)

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