Pleasantly

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Pleasantly \Pleas"ant*ly\, adv.
     In a pleasant manner.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  pleasantly
       adv 1: in a cheerful manner; "`I'll do the dishes,' he said
              pleasantly" [syn: {cheerily}, {sunnily}]
       2: in an enjoyable manner; "we spent a pleasantly lazy
          afternoon" [syn: {agreeably}, {enjoyably}] [ant: {disagreeably},
           {unpleasantly}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  41 Moby Thesaurus words for "pleasantly":
     affably, agreeably, airily, amiably, amicably, ardently,
     arm in arm, blissfully, blithely, cheerfully, cheerily,
     congenially, cordially, enjoyably, fair, familiarly, favorably,
     friendliwise, friendly, genially, gladly, graciously, gratifyingly,
     hand in hand, happily, heartily, hopefully, intimately,
     irrepressibly, jauntily, joyfully, kindly, lightly, optimistically,
     pleasingly, pleasurably, satisfyingly, smilingly, warmly,
     with good cheer, with open arms