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Definitions for pleasantly
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Princeton's WordNet
pleasantly, cheerily, sunnilyadverb
in a cheerful manner
"`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly"
pleasantly, agreeably, enjoyablyadverb
in an enjoyable manner
"we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon"
Wiktionary
pleasantlyadverb
In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.
pleasantlyadverb
Lightly
pleasantlyadverb
Ludicrously.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
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
Pleasantlyadverb
in a pleasant manner
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of pleasantly in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of pleasantly in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of pleasantly in a Sentence
The guys from the army were pleasantly surprised and asked me if I could make smaller versions that they could give them to others, so that we can help them in our victory.
I was quite pleasantly surprised that during the session, every single measure for every single participant dropped some -- heart rate reduced, blood pressure reduced, when they left, they filled the questionnaire in again and indicated that they were feeling less anxious.
In ours, we were pleasantly surprised that 96% stayed.
I’m not pleasantly surprised, but I’m awestricken by this group of people. They’re fighting with their own makeshift weapons, it is inspiring.
There have been a lot of responses from Britney fans, particularly on Twitter, where #freebrittany started trending as soon as the news broke, it seems that despite the misprint, people are still really keen to invest in a t-shirt and helps us donate to the cause. We have been pleasantly surprised with the reaction.
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