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[ adverb ] in a cheerful manner
Examples "`I'll do the dishes,' he said pleasantly" Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)`` Bonjour , messieurs , vous etes matinals '' , she greeted them pleasantly . (Richard Ferber, Bitter Valley....)`` I do n't mind washing dishes now_and_then '' , he said pleasantly . |
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[ adverb ] in an enjoyable manner
Examples "we spent a pleasantly lazy afternoon" Used in print (High Fidelity, 11:10...)Badura-Skoda-Vienna_Konzerthaus ( Westminster ) and Demus-Schubert_Quartet ( Deutsche_Grammophon ) are both warm_toned , pleasantly lyrical , but rather slack and tensionless . (John Hazard Wildman, "Take It Off," The Arizona...)`` Just you wait '' , said Arlene again , as though she were discovering the pleasantly tingling insinuations of that handy little sturdy statement . Related terms unpleasantly disagreeably pleasant enjoyable agreeable pleasant enjoyable |
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