pleasingly

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adverb

In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.

UncommonScrabble 16

Meanings

adverbpleasingly (comparative more pleasingly, superlative most pleasingly)

comparative more pleasingly · superlative most pleasingly

  1. In a pleasing manner; agreeably; favourably.
    1 more example

    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;

    Fanny Hill

    1749, [John Cleland], “(Please specify the letter or volume)”, in Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure [Fanny Hill], London: […] [Thomas Parker] for G. Fenton [i.e., Fenton and Ralph Griffiths] […], →OCLC

Synonyms & antonyms

Origin

  1. Middle Englishplesingliche
  2. Englishpleasingly

From Middle English plesingliche; equivalent to pleasing + -ly.

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Translations

Catalan gratament
  • gratamentin a pleasing manner
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APA

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MLA

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Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pleasingly,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pleasingly.

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