What does Pleasantly mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. pleasantly, cheerily, sunnilyadverb

    in a cheerful manner

    "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly"

  2. pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyablyadverb

    in an enjoyable manner

    "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon"

Wiktionary

  1. pleasantlyadverb

    In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.

  2. pleasantlyadverb

    Lightly

  3. pleasantlyadverb

    Ludicrously.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Pleasantlyadverb

    Etymology: from pleasant.

    King James was wont pleasantly to say, that the duke of Buckingham had given him a secretary, who could neither write nor read. Edward Hyde.

    Eustathius is of opinion, that Ulysses speaks pleasantly to Elpenor. William Broome.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Pleasantlyadverb

    in a pleasant manner

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pleasantly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Pleasantly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of Pleasantly in a Sentence

  1. Rory McIlroy:

    Sawgrass and I didn't have the greatest relationship starting off, it's a massive win on a course( where) I've had mixed results. I had to show a lot of character out there. Any time I looked at the leaderboard I was pleasantly surprised I hadn't fallen two or three shots behind.

  2. Paisley Currah:

    Gender identity is a pretty new term for a lot of people so having effectively an even split on the bathroom question is a very good result, i was pleasantly surprised.

  3. Barry Bennett:

    We have been pleasantly surprised with our conversations [with delegates] thus far and have secured commitments from some Rubio delegates and Bush delegates so we feel pretty good.

  4. Liev Schreiber:

    I think people are going to be very pleasantly surprised by Naomi Watts in this picture, chuck.

  5. Unknown:

    Pessimists are in a winwin situation, whatever happens they are either always right or pleasantly suprised.

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