pleasantly
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈplɛzəntli/
pleasantly
- In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
- He smiled pleasantly at passersby.
- They were pleasantly surprised at the result.
- (degree) Lightly
- (obsolete) Ludicrously.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 1, Midas
- In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them.
- 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 1, Midas
- French: agréablement
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