Meaning

3 senses
  1. In a pleasant manner; so as to achieve a pleasant result.

    He smiled pleasantly at passersby.

    They were pleasantly surprised at the result.

    in an enjoyable manner

  2. Lightly

  3. (obsolete)Ludicrously; facetiously.

Examples

47 sentences
  1. Tom was pleasantly surprised.

    Том був приємно здивований. — deniko

    ruТом был приятно удивлён. — odexed

    deTom war angenehm überrascht. — wolfgangth

  2. I am pleasantly surprised.

    Я приємно здивований. — deniko

    deIch war angenehm überrascht. — MUIRIEL

  3. Expect to be pleasantly surprised.

    Готуйся бути приємно враженим. — deniko

    ruГотовься приятно удивиться. — Karok

    deRechne mit einer angenehmen Überraschung! — Pfirsichbaeumchen

  4. I was pleasantly surprised.

    Я був приємно здивований. — mkazarian

    ruЯ был приятно удивлён. — megaton

    deIch war angenehm überrascht. — MUIRIEL

  5. I think you'll be pleasantly surprised.

    ruДумаю, ты будешь приятно удивлён. — marafon

    deIch denke, du wirst angenehm überrascht sein. — al_ex_an_der

Translations

4 languages

Origin

From Middle English pleasauntly; equivalent to pleasant + -ly.

From Middle English pleasauntly; equivalent to pleasant + -ly.

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Forms

more pleasantly, most pleasantly
Comparativemore pleasantly Lesson
Superlativemost pleasantly

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Antonyms

1 antonyms

Word family

1 related words
Relatedpleasant

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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