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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.
ChatGPT
pleasantly
Pleasantly refers to experiencing, exhibiting, or characterized by pleasure, satisfaction, enjoyment, or contentment. It could be associated with an agreeable or enjoyable situation, action, or environment.
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
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.
I have learned that the less I pay attention, the more often I am pleasantly suprised.
The nice part about being a pessimist is that you are constantly being either proven right or pleasantly surprised.
We didn't know quite what to expect, and we were pleasantly surprised, i think people are looking for that feelgood factor of doing something for themselves... and going back to the routines they maybe lost a bit in these past two months.
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.
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