pleasantly

English

Alternative forms

pleasauntlie, plesantlie, pleasauntly, plesantly, plesauntly (all obsolete)

Etymology

pleasant +‎ -ly

Adverb

pleasantly (comparative more pleasantly, superlative most pleasantly)

In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
He smiled pleasantly at passersby.

They were pleasantly surprised at the result.
(degree) Lightly
(obsolete) Ludicrously.
- Thomas Carlyle, Past and Present, ch. 1, Midas
  In workhouses, pleasantly so named, because work cannot be done in them.

Translations

in a pleasant manner

Catalan: agradablement (ca)
Esperanto: agrable

French: agréablement (fr)
Polish: miło (pl)

References

pleasantly in An American Dictionary of the English Language, by Noah Webster, 1828.

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