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pleasantest

pleasantest is the superlative form of pleasant.

Meaning of pleasant

Adjective

pleasant (comparative more pleasant or pleasanter, superlative most pleasant or pleasantest)

  1. Giving pleasure; pleasing in manner.
    • We had a pleasant walk around the town.
  2. (obsolete) Facetious, joking.
    • [T]ell the pleasant prince this mock of his / Hath turn’d his balls to gun-stones […]1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount...

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Questions about pleasantest

What is pleasantest the superlative form of?
Pleasantest is the superlative form of pleasant.

Words near pleasantest in the dictionary

  1. Pleasant Mound
  2. Pleasant Prairie
  3. Pleasant Valley
  4. pleasantable
  5. pleasanter
  6. pleasantest
  7. pleasantish
  8. pleasantly
  9. pleasantnes
  10. pleasantness
  11. pleasantnesse

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