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pleasauntly

pleasauntly is the obsolete form of pleasantly.

Meaning of pleasantly

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.
  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...

Forms of pleasauntly

comparativemore pleasauntly
superlativemost pleasauntly

Origin of pleasauntly

From pleasaunt + -ly.

Questions about pleasauntly

What is pleasauntly the obsolete form of?
Pleasauntly is the obsolete form of pleasantly.

Words near pleasauntly in the dictionary

  1. pleasantsome
  2. Pleasantville
  3. pleasaunce
  4. pleasaunces
  5. pleasaunt
  6. pleasauntly
  7. please
  8. please clap
  9. please excuse my dear Aunt Sally
  10. please explain
  11. please explains

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