Pleasingly
adv ·3 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
- 1 In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
"I not only then tighten'd the pleasure-girth round my restless inmate by a secret spring of friction and compres- sion that obeys the will in those parts, but stole my hand softly to that store bag of nature's prime sweets, which is so pleasingly attach'd to its conduit pipe, from which we receive them;"
- 1 in a pleasing manner wordnet
Example
More examples"I not only then tighten'd the pleasure-girth round my restless inmate by a secret spring of friction and compres- sion that obeys the will in those parts, but stole my hand softly to that store bag of nature's prime sweets, which is so pleasingly attach'd to its conduit pipe, from which we receive them;"
Etymology
From Middle English plesingliche; equivalent to pleasing + -ly.
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