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# pleasantly

«pleasantly» in Mova's school dictionary: **in a nice, enjoyable or friendly way** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

adverb (pleasantly)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Pleasantly means in a nice, enjoyable or friendly way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#m1)

2) Pleasantly also means to a nice degree: «pleasantly warm» is warm in a comfortable way. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories it describes friendly smiles, nice weather and good surprises. Often used in «pleasantly surprised», which is a modest, understated way of saying you liked something more than you expected. Phrases: pleasantly surprised, smile pleasantly, pleasantly warm, pleasantly cool.

### examples

- She smiled pleasantly at the new neighbours. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x1)
- The water was pleasantly warm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x2)
- I was pleasantly surprised by my test mark. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x3)
- A pleasantly cool breeze came off the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x4)
- The afternoon passed pleasantly in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x5)
- He talked pleasantly with the shopkeeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x6)
- The evening passed pleasantly like the one preceding. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/#x7)

### note

Adverb from pleasant + -ly. Spelling: pleas-ANT-ly (pleasant, not «plesent»). «Pleasantly surprised» often means «happier than expected», a kind of mild understatement.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «pleasantly» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/P/pleasantly/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.