How To Use Agreeably In A Sentence
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I found him kind and benignant in the domestic circle, revered and beloved by all around him, agreeably social, without ostentation.
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He then asked for some thing to eat, and commenced telling me a variety of stories relative to what he termed jolly parties in his former days; so that the day passed very agreeably.
The Little Savage
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The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent.
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But Lauren Kennedy, though she sings agreeably, is too ordinary as Nellie: a woman who is prepared to overcome her Arkansas origins to marry a French planter needs a bit of sass.
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There are some things in the mode of speaking among the Friends, particularly in their public meetings, which do not strike me agreeably, and to which I think it would take me some time to become accustomed; such as a kind of intoning somewhat similar to the manner in which the church service is performed in cathedrals.
Sunny Memories of Foreign Lands, Volume 2
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Until recently, books about book dealing and book collecting tended to the agreeably fusty, redolent of shag tobacco and carpet slippers.
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Each species ia concisely described in Latin, agreeably to the Linnean method, and accom* panied by some observations in lilingHsh relative to colour, degree of raiity, &c.
Transactions of the Linnean Society
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Between the orangery, which is in this widening, and the piece of water, the banks of which are agreeably decorated, stands the Little Castle, of which I have spoken.
The Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau
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The baking being once over, the sowans pot succeeds the gridiron, full of new sowans, which are to be given to the family, agreeably to custom, this day in their beds.
A Righte Merrie Christmasse The Story of Christ-Tide
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Several of the words used in Earl Sterndale are found in other dialects of the British Isles, such as cack-handed 'clumsy', chuntering 'mumbling disagreeably', and nous, 'common sense'.
On a disappearing dialect
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Or, rather, those drunken scorners who in stammering style imitated Isaiah's warnings to mock them [Maurer] (Isa 28: 7-11, 13, 14, 22; 29: 20); in this view, translate, "speak uprightly" (agreeably to the divine law); not as English Version, referring to the distinctness of articulation, "plainly.
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
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This being more than was expeded, his holi - ncfs feemed agreeably furprifpd 5 raifed the duke with a fniile, and converfed with him in an obliging manner, faying fomething to each of the company.
Historical account of the most celebrated voyages, travels, and discoveries, from the time of ...
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He was struggling for every farthing of his share (and he could not help it, for he had only to relax his efforts, and he would not have had the money to pay his laborers wages), while they were only struggling to be able to do their work easily and agreeably, that is to say, as they were used to doing it.
Chapter XXIV. Part III
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`I took no harm from the journey, thank you,' she said disagreeably
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But for the absence of an admission charge, an agreeably small annual fee being the substitute as my host happily told me, this seemed to be such a place.
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We're in one of those agreeably over-stuffed rooms in a London hotel - a sort of library-cum-smoking room, all polished wood and dark walls.
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Parents and children, youths and older men spend their free time in these places agreeably and merrily.
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The great number of windows in the ends of the houses, and their irregularity in size and position, here and elsewhere on the Cape, struck us agreeably, -- as if each of the various occupants who had their _cunabula_ behind had punched a hole where his necessities required it, and according to his size and stature, without regard to outside effect.
The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 14, No. 84, October, 1864
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The few men of worth and consideration who offer you their intimacy on that score, and whose regard is really worth coveting, are too disagreeably counterweighed by the baleful swarm of creatures who keep humming round you, like so many flesh-flies; gape at you as if you were a monster, and condescend moreover, on the strength of one or two blotted sheets, to present themselves as colleagues.
The Life of Friedrich Schiller Comprehending an Examination of His Works
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Others think that this proverb admonisheth the guests to forget everything that is spoken or done in company; and agreeably to this, the ancients used to consecrate forgetfulness with a ferula to Bacchus, thereby intimating that we should either not remember any irregularity committed in mirth and company, or apply a gentle and childish correction to the faults.
Symposiacs
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The isle of Rotte has not so lofty and mountainous an appearance as Timor, though it is agreeably diversified by hill and valley: On the north side, there are many sandy beaches, near which grew some trees of the fan-palm, but the far greater part was covered with a kind of brushy wood, that was without leaves.
A General History and Collection of Voyages and Travels — Volume 13
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Later, Sahagún tells us, they feasted agreeably on ‘white tortillas, grains of maize, turkey eggs, turkeys, and all kinds of fruit’.
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My mind plays agreeably with the idea of chaining the M.G.O. on to a rock on the Peninsula whilst the Asiatic batteries are pounding it.
Gallipoli Diary, Volume I
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To women you should always address yourself with great outward respect and attention, whatever you feel inwardly; their sex is by long prescription entitled to it; and it is among the duties of 'bienseance'; at the same time that respect is very properly and very agreeably mixed with a degree of 'enjouement', if you have it; but then, that badinage must either directly or indirectly tend to their praise, and even not be liable to a malicious construction to their disadvantage.
Letters to His Son on the Art of Becoming a Man of the World and a Gentleman, 1751
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Agreeably to the doctrines of rhabdomancy, formerly in vogue, and at the present moment not entirely discarded, a twig, usually of witchhazle, borne over the surface of the ground, indicates the presence of water to which it is instinctively alive, by stirring in the hand.
Margaret
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Rather, the stylistic dullness is disagreeably coarsened and made the more decadent by being a brotherly symptom of, and in fact a technical support for, the assumption (which has only strengthened in the past 150 years) that the aim of poetry is apotheosis, an ecstatic and unmediated self-consumption in the moment of perception and feeling.
“The Cure of Poetry in an Age of Prose” : Ange Mlinko : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation
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Dr. W —, who, poor man, is cookless at present, has dined with me every day since she went away, an arrangement with which I am only too delighted and thankful for, for he is charming company, and his coming relieves most agreeably the tedium of my entirely solitary evenings.
Further Records, 1848-1883: A Series of Letters
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Through this strange festoonery they had to make their way, often for hundreds of yards; the soft silky substance clutching disagreeably around their throats and clinging to their clothes till each looked as though clad in an integument of ragged cotton, or the long loose wool of a merino sheep yet unwoven into cloth.
The Castaways
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A man without mirth is like a wagon without springs, in which one is caused disagreeably to jolt by every pebble over which it runs.
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But when, as we rode along, I questioned Rowbotham about how the land lay, and what the cannonading to the north signified, I was most disagreeably surprised by his answer; it couldn't have been much worse news.
Fiancée
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It was bright and sunny and for winter, and agreeably warm.
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The ascent of the steep, rock-hewn steps of the ramble rested his nerves as much as it taxed his wind, and as he came stramming down the mall, his mind was sufficiently detached from its own hopes and fears to be able to realize that the overhanging elms recalled agreeably the long walk at
Flint His Faults, His Friendships and His Fortunes
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he writes extremely musical music, of which the sound is fastidiously calculated and yet agreeably spontaneous and imaginative
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The beaches are a little less crowded, the weather remains stable and the water is still agreeably warm.
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Luckily Mr. R — found two acquaintances in the place; one a Franciscan monk, a jolly fellow; and the other a maestro di capella, who sent a spinnet to the inn, and entertained us agreeably with his voice and performance, in both of which accomplishments he excelled.
Travels through France and Italy
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The banker laughed disagreeably and began trimming his nails with a pearl-handled pocketknife.
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If a Scribbler cannot be easy because he fancies I have too good an Opinion of my own Productions, let him write on and mortify; I owe him not the Charity to be out of temper myself merely to keep him quiet or give him Joy: Nor, in reality, can I see why any thing misrepresented, tho 'believ'd of me by Persons to whom I am unknown, ought to give me any more Concern than what may be thought of me in Lapland: 'Tis with those with whom I am to live only, where my Character can affect me; and I will venture to say, he must find out a new way of Writing that will make me pass my Time there less agreeably.
An Apology for the Life of Mr. Colley Cibber, Volume I
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He departs agreeably from the normal procedures of the biographer, sometimes a little in the manner of The Quest for Corvo.
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Naturally, that is, sincerely, and not in pretence only: with a willing heart and upright view, so agreeably to the make of his mind.
Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
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a person to whom someone does not fear to be disagreeable: whence arises quarreling, which is opposed to the aforesaid friendship or affability, to which it belongs to behave agreeably towards those among whom we dwell.
Summa Theologica, Part II-II (Secunda Secundae) Translated by Fathers of the English Dominican Province
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Think Progress » ThinkFast: April 15, 2010
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The Great Nation, as it cheerfully calls itself, is in nothing greater than its talent for saying little things agreeably, which is perhaps the very top of mere culture, and in literature is the next best thing to the power of saying great things as easily as if they were little German learning, like the elephants of
Among My Books First Series
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Meanwhile Peregrine, having burst open the chamber door, found the lady in the utmost dread and consternation, and the spoils of her favourite scattered about the room; but his resentment was doubly gratified, when he learned, upon inquiry, that the person who had been so disagreeably interrupted was no other than that individual mousquetaire with whom he had quarrelled at the comedy.
The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
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He then asked for something to eat, and commenced telling me a variety of stories relative to what he termed jolly parties in his former days; so that the day passed very agreeably.
The Little Savage
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But he often takes a false measure of their importance; and his superfluous prolixity is disagreeably balanced by his unseasonable brevity.] 66 Chishull, a curious traveller, has remarked the breadth of the Danube, which he passed to the south of Bucharest near the conflux of the Argish, (p. 77.)
The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
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Wherefore, as Origen had carefully compared the Greek version of the Septuagint with the Hebrew text; and as he puzzled and confounded the learned Jews, by urging upon them the reading "to death" in this place; it seems almost impossible not to conclude, both from Origen's argument and the silence of his Jewish adversaries, that the Hebrew text at that time actually had the word agreeably to the version of the seventy.
Evidence of Christianity
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It is fortunate, and not to be wondered at, that the Scotsman so seldom goes home: for he is never so attractive as when, five hundred or five thousand miles away from them, he is agreeably engaged in beholding the Hebrides.
Try Anything Twice
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There was nothing prissy at all about another starter which consisted of a pile of rocket, aubergine purée, fried artichokes slices, shavings of Parmesan and basil on an agreeably chewy slice of toasted olive oil bread.
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They name the Months very agreeably, as one is the Herring-Month, another the Strawberry-Month, another the Mulberry-Month, Others name them by the Trees That blossoms; especially, the Dogwood-Tree; or they say, we will return when Tur-Key-Cocks gobble, that is in March and April.
A New Voyage to Carolina; Containing the Exact Description and Natural History of That Country: Together with the Present State Thereof. And A Journal of a Thousand Miles, Travel'd Thro' Several Nations of Indians. Giving a Particular Account of T
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On weekends my daughter and I used to go to parks and places of relaxation where we can see lots of people - parents and children, youths and older folk - passing the time agreeably and merrily.
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The taste is bitter and disagreeably pungent.
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Between the orangery, which is in this widening, and the piece of water, the banks of which are agreeably decorated, stands the Little Castle of which I have spoken.
The Confessions of J J Rousseau
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Moments of quiet reflection give some depth to an agreeably ruthless anti-hero.
The Sun
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The great number of windows in the ends of the houses, and their irregularity in size and position, here and elsewhere on the Cape, struck us agreeably, -- as if each of the various occupants who had their cunabula behind had punched a hole where his necessities required it, and, according to his size and stature, without regard to outside effect.
Cape Cod
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Why is Mrs. Bardell so earnestly entreated not to agitate herself about this warming – pan, unless (as is no doubt the case) it is a mere cover for hidden fire — a mere substitute for some endearing word or promise, agreeably to a preconcerted system of correspondence, artfully contrived by Pickwick with a view to his contemplated desertion, and which I am not in a condition to explain?
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club
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The time, however, passed agreeably in making excursions on the shore, where they found "good ground for corn and other garden herbs, with a great store of goodly oaks and walnut-trees, and chestnut-trees, ewe-trees and trees of sweetwood in great abundance, and great store of slate for houses, and other good stones"; or in receiving visits from the natives, who came on the ship in numbers.
The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 11
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So sit back quietly in that agreeably familiar comfy chair, treat yourself to a pot of weakish tea, and let me put the case for the rise of the dull man.
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As I am resolved to _obey_ your orders, and directions of the Council, without any delay, as long as I live, I have, agreeably to those _orders_, delivered up _all my private papers_ to him [the Resident], that, when he shall have examined my receipts and expenses, _he may take whatever remains_.
The Works of the Right Honourable Edmund Burke, Vol. 08 (of 12)
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On subsequent visits, none of this changes - the visitor in agreeably surprised to discover that the bougainvillia still hugs the walls, that the town is at least as clean as the time before, a pleasant sensation in a country where litter and garbage seem to have invaded anywhere and everywhere.
Tequisquiapan, Queretaro, a delightful spa town
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The teacher is correcting the examination papers agreeably because all her students have done well in the examination.
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They were agreeably surprised by the quality of the food.
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The cooking time — at least two hours — requires meat high in collagen, with well-exercised muscle and an agreeably strong flavor.
Principled Pork
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Both stories are agreeably self-deprecating and rimed with snark.
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When an officer has made his patrole agreeably to the rules laid down, he may allow half of his party to go into the nearest peasants ' houses, unsaddle, unbridle, and feed half of the horses.
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Bergotte is what I call a flute-player: one must admit that he plays on it very agreeably, although with a great deal of mannerism, of affectation.
Within a Budding Grove
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Trimalchio himself then favored us with an impersonation of a man blowing a trumpet, and when he had finished, he looked around for his minion, whom he called Croesus, a blear-eyed slave whose teeth were very disagreeably discolored.
Satyricon
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Her general effect was of a plump bonniness that might yield agreeably to an audacious arm.
The Collectors
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Having at last found it, however, he forthwith began his descent; and here again he was disagreeably reminded of the much greater difficulty which is experienced in the _descent_ than in the _ascent_ of a cliff.
The Voyage of the Aurora
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He was struggling for every farthing of his share (and he could not help it, for he had only to relax his efforts, and he would not have had the money to pay his laborers 'wages), while they were only struggling to be able to do their work easily and agreeably, that is to say, as they were used to doing it.
Anna Karenina
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Injury to the ulnar collateral ligament of the metacarpophalangeal joint trips off the tongue more agreeably as gamekeeper's thumb.
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I had braved before I returned to my wife; and our frigate being aground for a time and got off with difficulty, was agreeably cannonaded by the enemy until she got off her bank.
The Virginians
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I was agreeably surprised.
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And pulling up a handful of pansies by the roots, I find them "without stems," indeed, if a stem means a wooden thing; but I should say, for a low-growing flower, quiet lankily and disagreeably stalky!
Proserpina, Volume 2 Studies Of Wayside Flowers
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Translating hints into statements and guessing at reservations, I would say that the French fall very short of admiration of the way in which our higher officers set about their work, they are disagreeably impressed by a general want of sedulousness and close method in our leading.
War and the future: Italy, France and Britain at war
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Indeed, they were clever at imitating any age, not only in its natural bodily appearance, but also in its stature; and so the old man, in order to exhibit his calling agreeably, used to ride proudly up and down among the briskest of them.
The Danish History, Books I-IX
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We were agreeably surprised by the price.
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But he who explains those passages agreeably to the analogy of faith, performs the duty of a good interpreter and prophesier [or preacher] in the Church of God.
The Works of James Arminius, Vol. 1
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icily neutral, disagreeably unhelpful
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Perversely this album recalls neither the studied club groove nor the agreeably dark pop embraced by its predecessor, and consequentially sounds strangely more accessible.
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Towards the end of the month of October 1829 a young man entered the Palais – Royal just as the gaming-houses opened, agreeably to the law which protects a passion by its very nature easily excisable.
The Magic Skin
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Many we have discovered that return the cry of a pack of dogs, the notes of a hunting-horn, a tunable ring of bells, or the melody of birds very agreeably; but we were still at a loss for a polysyllabical articulate echo, till a young gentleman, who had parted from his company in a summer evening walk, and was calling after them, stumbled upon a very curious one in a spot where it might least be expected.
The Natural History of Selborne, Vol. 2
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I think you'll be agreeably surprised by what I'm going to say.
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Consequently Morgan and Mrs. Spaulding were constantly together during the ensuing ten days, and so skilfully did I behave that the innocent pair regarded the flirtation which I was carrying on as a superb joke -- a case of a banterer caught in the toils, and Mrs. Spinney's manners suggested that she was agreeably flattered.
The Law-Breakers and Other Stories
