The performance was at a gratifyingly high level.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

Shalaman had been gratifyingly shocked to see him.    From Wordnik.com.  [The White Gryphon]

All his guesses were proving gratifyingly accurate.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

The pace had been slow but gratifyingly inexorable.    From Wordnik.com.  [The False Mirror]

The earliest reviews have been gratifyingly positive.    From Wordnik.com.  [p_n_elrod: Da Winnah and new stuff] Reference

"Well-yes," replied Lord Rechan, looking gratifyingly puz-zled.    From Wordnik.com.  [Elvenborn]

And you can find yourself gratifyingly united with other angry people.    From Wordnik.com.  [Ellis Weiner: Their Master's Voice] Reference

It stings for a minute and then everything springs into view, gratifyingly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Monday’s Shingle-y update… « Mudpuddle] Reference

They were also my sole available choice, and gratifyingly unripe and rock-like.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tkemali: A Sour Plum Sauce] Reference

In gratifyingly short order, they were back where they had made camp last night.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dragon on a Pedestal]

She was the last in the queue outside Matron's office -- a gratifyingly long one.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damsel In Green]

The man took a gratifyingly long time to die, strangling on his own crushed windpipe.    From Wordnik.com.  [Children Of The Night]

It is accurate, points easily in the standing position, and groups gratifyingly well.    From Wordnik.com.  [Field & Stream] Reference

Deaths were gratifyingly few, fewer than the thirteen paid for passage to the Meeting.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heirs of Babylon]

It was a gratifyingly simple staging of a simple show, and the orchestra sounded great.    From Wordnik.com.  [Broderick, Boringly] Reference

The Egyptians, like everyone else given a place in the scheme, were gratifyingly happy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Seven Pillars of Wisdom] Reference

His fans, in particular, should find these macabre misadventures gratifyingly chilling.    From Wordnik.com.  [Subterranean Press » 2009] Reference

Anyway, Anderson gratifyingly responds with ‘I disagree with everything you just said’.    From Wordnik.com.  [Free, or really Free? « Squares of Wheat] Reference

The film's not at all depressing: it's just very, very serious and gratifyingly thoughtful.    From Wordnik.com.  [GreenCine Daily: Interview. Eric Schlosser.] Reference

It was the hilt that struck the lynx in the back of the head with a gratifyingly loud thump.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Day of the Dissonance]

The Tulsa airport was gratifyingly easy to get to-and Mark's plane must have been right on time.    From Wordnik.com.  [Jinx High]

So when the gates did open at last, at dawn on the third day, there was a gratifyingly large crowd.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Wizard Of Karres]

Karole Armitage's vibrant, do-your-own-thing choreography steers gratifyingly clear of '60s cliches.    From Wordnik.com.  [The wonderfully unruly 'Hair' is still a blowout 42 years after its Broadway debut] Reference

I bought it from Trader Joe's and the ingredient list was gratifyingly short: just ginger and sugar.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

In a gratifyingly short time, Flinx found they had retraced his frenzied marathon of the night before.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Love of Mother-Not]

In a gratifyingly short time she demonstrated how allomorphism might be banished from the Haluk genome.    From Wordnik.com.  [Perseus Spur]

His mouth tightening, Ehomba dropped his gaze to the gratifyingly solid ground on which they now stood.    From Wordnik.com.  [Carnivores of Light and Darkness]

Response to the call for subscriptions to THE BROCHURE SERIES has been gratifyingly prompt and generous.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Brochure Series of Architectural Illustration, Volume 01, No. 02, February 1895. Byzantine-Romanesque Doorways in Southern Italy] Reference

Between them they brought four children, small, well-mannered and gratifyingly curious about Cor's calipers.    From Wordnik.com.  [Damsel In Green]

The scarred professional welcomed Theor with a genuine gladness, heard his story and was gratifyingly impressed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Three Worlds To Conquer]

He opened the door — and saw at once that she was as gratifyingly beautiful as all uninvited late callers ought to be.    From Wordnik.com.  [Salvage for the Saint]

I personally would rather he had taken different paths on a number of issues, and made more gratifyingly principled stands.    From Wordnik.com.  [Peter Clothier: Drawing the Line] Reference

A low masculine hum of pleasure hissed out of him, and his belly shuddered gratifyingly beneath her questing greedy fingers.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Maverick]

My Win 94 is equipped with a Williams receiver sight, and it has been gratifyingly accurate with both bullets I've recommended.    From Wordnik.com.  [i have a 30-30 lever action without a scope would that work for coyotes? If so is a 150 grain bullet too much?] Reference

She was astoundingly, absolutely, and gratifyingly black, and Ambrose was sure that he had never seen any one quite so beautiful.    From Wordnik.com.  [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1920] Reference

Previous experience with Shilen, Hart, and Douglas Premium barrels has been gratifyingly good, but I've not used E.R. Shaw barrels.    From Wordnik.com.  [I have a "project" - an M98 Mauser variant that begs to be rebarreled. I contacted E.R.] Reference

Wolff kept the orchestra (rounded out with a notable number of substitutes) on a short rein, and the crowd was gratifyingly enthusiastic.    From Wordnik.com.  ['An American Playlist' wraps up with NSO, John Mayer, Smokey Robinson and more] Reference