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pleasantly

Syllables: pleas·ant·ly/ˈplɛzəntli/

pleasantly adverb: in a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.

Adverb

pleasantly (comparative more pleasantly, superlative most 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; facetiously.
    • In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them.1843 April, Thomas Carlyle, “ch. 1, Midas”, in Past and Present, American edition, Boston, Mass.: Charles C[offin] Little and James Brown, published 1843, →OCLC, (please specify |book=I or IV, or the...
    • Mr Venus, reminded of the duties of hospitality, produced some rum. In answer to the inquiry, 'Will you mix it, Mr Wegg?' that gentleman pleasantly rejoined, 'I think not, sir. On so auspicious an occasion, I prefer to take it in the form of a Gum-Tickler.'1864 May – 1865 November, Charles Dickens, Our Mutual Friend. […], volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1865, →OCLC

pleasantly meaning in Hindi, Bengali, Telugu and Malayalam

pleasantly in Hindi

सुखद रूप से

pleasantly in Bengali

মনোরম ভাবে, সামান্য ভাবে, হাস্যকর ভাবে, তামাশা করে

pleasantly in Telugu

ఆహ్లాదకరంగా

pleasantly in Malayalam

സന്തോഷത്തോടെ, പ്രസാദത്തോടെ, ഹൃദ്യമായി, വിനോദത്തോടെ
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pleasantly in Kannada
ನೊಚ್ಚಗೆ, ನೊಚ್ಚನೆ

Examples of pleasantly in a sentence

  • I was pleasantly surprised how immediately warm and welcoming all the other bookstagrammers were of my account.
  • I found that the chore of reorganizing the artifacts of my professional life was pleasantly ruminative.
  • 'That's better!' he said, still smiling, but very much more pleasantly.

All 34 example sentences with pleasantly

Forms of pleasantly

comparativemore pleasantly
superlativemost pleasantly
alternative formpleasauntlie
alternative formplesantlie
alternative formpleasauntly
alternative formplesantly
alternative formplesauntly

Origin of pleasantly

From Middle English pleasauntly; equivalent to pleasant + -ly.

Questions about pleasantly

What does pleasantly mean?
Pleasantly means in a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
What is pleasantly in Hindi?
Pleasantly in Hindi is सुखद रूप से. See Pleasantly meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is pleasantly?
Pleasantly is an adverb.
How do you pronounce pleasantly?
Pleasantly is pronounced /ˈplɛzəntli/.

Words near pleasantly in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: pleasantly (page history and authors); pleasantly (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pleasantly (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pleasantly (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); pleasantly (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); pleasantly (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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