Meanings
comparative more pleasingly · superlative most pleasingly
- 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
- Middle Englishplesingliche
- Englishpleasingly
From Middle English plesingliche; equivalent to pleasing + -ly.
More words from Middle English
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Catalan gratament
- gratamentin a pleasing manner
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