pleasantly

[ US /ˈpɫɛzəntɫi/ ]
[ UK /plˈɛzəntli/ ]
ADVERB
  1. in a cheerful manner
    `I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly
  2. in an enjoyable manner
    we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon
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How To Use pleasantly In A Sentence

  • The carbonation is a little heavier than what I normally expect in a stout, but not unpleasantly so. Miasmatic Review
  • We put through a couple of days pleasantly enough, after our hardish bit of work. Robbery Under Arms
  • Put all the fruit in a saucepan on a gentle heat and add a couple of tablespoons of caster sugar and a slug of something pleasantly alcoholic such as brandy, whisky or even sherry.
  • Around me the room was pleasantly dark, rolling in drunken contentedness.
  • I was pleasantly surprised to see him shown in such a spiritually redeeming light.
  • It's a guid deed we'll 'a doon this day," he remarked, pleasantly. CHAPTER 25
  • What others have failed to duplicate is the appealing shopping experience found in these pleasantly feminine one-stop-shopping specialty stores.
  • Part of this may be cultural — Korean variety shows certainly display a pleasantly anything-goes aesthetic — but my sense is that merely singing in English semiotically signals a certain kind of Muzak quality within a dramatic context. Archive 2008-04-01
  • Slim means pleasantly thin. It is often used to describe women who have controlled their weight by diet or exercise:She has a beautifully slim figure.
  • I was pleasantly surprised to find my ingenious, distant relative had a setup I had never imagined.
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