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[ adjective ] experiencing or manifesting pleasure
Used in print (Christopher Davis, First Family....)Scotty was pleased . (Guy Endore, Voltaire! Voltaire!...)On_the_contrary , he was pleased that his face showed a neglect of several days . (Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)He drew_back , embarrassed and pleased . (Marvin Schiller, "The Sheep's in the Meadow,"...)She was terribly pleased . (Robert Heinlein, Stranger in a Strange Land....)In_the_meantime he was pleased with the warm night and the still more pleasing company of his water_brother . |
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[ adjective ] feeling pleasurable satisfaction over something by which you measures your self-worth
Synonyms Examples "proud of their child" Used in print (Irving Fineman, Woman of Valor: The Life of Henrietta...)Dr._Isaacs was so pleased with the quality of her biographical study of Sara_Sullam that he considered submitting it to the Century_Magazine or Harper 's but he decided that its Jewish subject probably would not interest them and published it in The_Messenger , `` so our readers will be benefited instead '' . (Jim Thompson, The Transgressors....)He seemed very pleased with himself , as though some intricate scheme was working_out exactly as he had planned . (Morley Callaghan, A Passion in Rome....)All evening she was eloquent and pleased with herself . Related terms |
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