pleasantly

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Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈplɛzəntli/

Adverb

pleasantly

1. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.

   He smiled pleasantly at passersby.

   They were pleasantly surprised at the result.

2. (degree) Lightly
3. (obsolete) Ludicrously.
   • 1843, Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 1, Midas

     In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them.

Translations

• French: agréablement

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