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PLEASANTLY
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I. (adverb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
In an enjoyable manner
Example:
we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon
Synonyms:
agreeably; enjoyably; pleasantly
Classified under:
Antonym:
unpleasantly (in an unpleasant manner)
Pertainym:
pleasant (affording pleasure; being in harmony with your taste or likings)
Sense 2
Meaning:
In a cheerful manner
Example:
'I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Pertainym:
pleasant ((of persons) having pleasing manners or behavior)
Context examples:
But the boy laughed and said pleasantly, though he looked a little startled, "Don't mind me, stay if you like."
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
A clear, pleasantly flavored, sweetened hydroalcoholic liquid containing dissolved medicinal agents; it is intended for oral use.
(Elixir Dosage Form, NCI Thesaurus/CDISC)
This rang pleasantly in the tailor’s ears; he stretched his delicate head out of the window, and called: “Come up here, dear woman; here you will get rid of your goods.”
(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)
The stars were fading, the sky was whitening, and the cold wind of morning blew pleasantly upon my face.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
Beneath lay a broad carpet of the softest and greenest moss, flecked over with fallen leaves, but yielding pleasantly to the foot of the traveller.
(The White Company, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
It had been raining all morning, I remember—a soft spring rain, which sent up a rich smell from the brown earth and pattered pleasantly upon the budding chestnuts behind our cottage.
(Rodney Stone, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
On the fourth day, to her great joy, Oz sent for her, and when she entered the Throne Room he greeted her pleasantly: Sit down, my dear; I think I have found the way to get you out of this country.
(The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, by L. Frank Baum)
The king heard of all that had passed between me and my friends upon this occasion, and rallied me very pleasantly; wishing I could send a couple of struldbrugs to my own country, to arm our people against the fear of death; but this, it seems, is forbidden by the fundamental laws of the kingdom, or else I should have been well content with the trouble and expense of transporting them.
(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)
In the morning, Thomas Mugridge being duly bribed, the galley is pleasantly areek with the odour of their frying; while dolphin meat is served fore and aft on such occasions as Johnson catches the blazing beauties from the bowsprit end.
(The Sea-Wolf, by Jack London)
In having this cause of uneasiness so pleasantly removed, the force of the other was likewise weakened.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
